Klee Throw in Rowan Handknit Cotton - Downloadable PDF

Klee Throw in Rowan Handknit Cotton – Knitting Pattern Summary

The Klee Throw is a striking, large-scale knitted throw designed by Georgia Farrell and published by Rowan. Available as a downloadable PDF, this pattern is rated advanced in skill level, making it a rewarding project for experienced knitters who are confident working with colour and large stitch counts. Inspired by bold, graphic composition, the throw is a substantial and decorative textile piece suited to home interiors.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a knitted throw — a large, flat blanket-style piece intended for decorative and functional use. The throw is worked flat, beginning with a cast-on of 210 stitches and continuing for a full 420 rows, making it a considerable undertaking in terms of both size and time. Once the main fabric is complete, an I-cord trim is applied as a neat finishing border, adding a polished, professional edge to the piece.

Design and Colourwork

The Klee Throw features a multi-colour design worked from a chart. The colourwork is executed using the intarsia technique, which is the appropriate method for knitting large, isolated blocks of colour without carrying yarn across the back of the work. In intarsia knitting, separate lengths or bobbins of yarn are used for each distinct colour area, and yarns are twisted together at colour joins to prevent holes forming in the fabric. This technique is well suited to bold geometric or abstract designs where colours appear in defined sections rather than repeating across a row.

The pattern calls for four colours of Rowan Handknit Cotton:

• Yarn A – Gooseberry 219: 9 balls (used for the cast-on, cast-off, and I-cord trim)
• Yarn B – Cloud 345: 7 balls
• Yarn C – Ballet Pink 372: 5 balls
• Yarn D – Linen 205: 5 balls

Yarn and Materials

Rowan Handknit Cotton is a DK weight yarn sold in 50g balls. As the name suggests, it is a pure cotton yarn, making it breathable, durable, and ideal for home accessories such as throws. Cotton yarns have a natural stitch definition that makes colourwork charts appear crisp and clear, which is particularly important in a design like this where graphic colour areas are central to the aesthetic. Cotton also takes dye beautifully, resulting in the rich, distinct shades used across the four colourways specified in this pattern.

Stitches and Techniques Used

The main body of the throw is worked entirely in stocking stitch (stockinette stitch), beginning with a knit row on the right side. Stocking stitch is formed by knitting all right-side rows and purling all wrong-side rows when working flat, producing a smooth fabric on the right side. Because the entire throw is worked in stocking stitch, the focus of the design is entirely on the colourwork chart rather than textural stitch patterns.

• Stocking stitch (st st) – used throughout the main body of the throw
• Intarsia colourwork – used to create the multi-colour chart design with separate yarn sections per colour area
• I-cord – a narrow, tubular knitted cord used as a trim or edging around the finished throw
• Cast-on and cast-off – worked in Yarn A (Gooseberry 219)

The I-cord trim is a classic finishing technique worked on double-pointed needles. It involves casting on a small number of stitches (in this case, 4 stitches) and, rather than turning the work at the end of each row, sliding the stitches back to the opposite end of the needle and knitting them again from the right side. This creates a smooth, rounded cord that, when applied as an edging, gives the throw a neat and tidy border.

Needles Required

The pattern requires 4mm (UK no. 8