Linden Bee

Linden is the name of a beautifully white honey and it seemed fitting for this pale shawl with it’s subtle hints of contrast colour and beautiful honeycomb structure. It reminds me of the bees bussing around a pretty summer garden.

Pattern Notes  A shallow, triangular shaped shawl worked in rows, with a simple border.

Skill Level Easy/Intermediate  A good ‘improver’ pattern, uses basic stitches only. Experience with written patterns would be helpful.

Hook  3.5mm (E)

Yarn  1 x 100g (365 m/400 yards) of merino sock yarn for the main colour  4 x 20g minis (280m/308 yards) of merino sock yarn for the contrasting colour

Or 2 x 100g 4ply yarn of your choice.

Materials  Yarn needle,  Stitch marker (optional),  Blocking wires (optional)

Gauge  After blocking, over 10cm (4”):  4 ‘shells’ x 9 rows in pattern

Pattern Includes

A full written pattern, Stitch abbreviations, Colour breakdown, Blocking diagram, Tutorial links, Stitch counts, Crochet Chart

Pattern written in 

UK terms, US terms