Shawls in Stylecraft Charm - 9880 - Downloadable PDF

Shawls in Stylecraft Charm 9880: Three Lace Knitting Designs in One Ball

Stylecraft pattern 9880 is a downloadable PDF featuring three distinct shawl designs, each knitted using just one 200g ball of Stylecraft Charm lace weight yarn. The three designs — the Parasol Lace Shawl, the Diamond and Stocking Stitch Shawl, and the Mini Leaf Lace Shawl — offer a wonderful variety of lace knitting styles, making this pattern pack exceptional value for knitters who love elegant, lightweight accessories. All three shawls are rated advanced beginner, making them an ideal step up for knitters who have mastered the basics and are ready to explore lace techniques.

Yarn and Materials

Each shawl requires one 200g ball of Stylecraft Charm in a lace weight, demonstrating just how far this fine yarn can go. The three colourways used in the original designs are:

• Autumn Dusk 3626 — used for the Parasol Lace Shawl
• Sunset 3623 — used for the Diamond and Stocking Stitch Shawl
• Grey Mist 3624 — used for the Mini Leaf Lace Shawl

Stylecraft Charm is a lace weight yarn, meaning it is extremely fine and lightweight, producing delicate, airy fabric perfectly suited to shawl knitting. Its fine construction allows intricate stitch patterns to show up with beautiful definition.

The needles required vary slightly by design:

• A 5 mm (UK 6 / USA 8) 100 cm circular needle is used for the Parasol Lace Shawl
• A pair of 4.5 mm (UK 7 / USA 7) knitting needles and a pair of 5 mm (UK 6 / USA 8) knitting needles are used for both the Diamond and Stocking Stitch Shawl and the Mini Leaf Lace Shawl

Tension

The stated tension for the Parasol Lace Shawl is 2 pattern repeats (44 stitches) to 22.5 cm (8¾ inches) and 14 rows to 6 cm (2½ inches) over pattern on 5 mm needles. As with all lace knitting, achieving the correct tension is important to ensure the finished shawl meets the intended measurements, and knitters should swatch and adjust needle size as needed.

Finished Measurements

• Parasol Lace Shawl: approximately 42 cm wide × 180 cm long (16½ × 70¾ inches)
• Diamond and Stocking Stitch Shawl: approximately 40 cm wide × 186 cm long (15¾ × 73¼ inches)
• Mini Leaf Lace Shawl: approximately 40 cm wide × 180 cm long (15¾ × 70¾ inches)

All three shawls are one size and produce long, elegant wraps ideal for wearing as a scarf, stole, or draped shawl.

The Parasol Lace Shawl

The Parasol Lace Shawl is knitted on a circular needle to accommodate its large stitch count, which begins at 353 stitches cast on loosely using the thumb method. The stitch count increases significantly across the early rows — growing to 385 stitches after Row 1, 449 stitches after Row 3, and 433 stitches after Row 5 — reflecting the expansive, fan-like lace structure that gives this shawl its parasol character.

Stitches and Techniques — Parasol Lace Shawl

This design makes use of a rich set of lace knitting techniques, including:

• Yarn forward (yfwd) — the primary method for creating decorative eyelets and increasing the stitch count to form the lace openwork