Free Hand-Knitting Pattern: Sarah in Lace

Hello all, and happy Friday!

Today I’m sharing the first of many patterns on the new site! Meet

Sarah in Lace

Ideal for hand dyed or natural yarns with slight color gradient, this cowl will let the yarn speak for itself.

The simple lace repeat is suitable for confident beginners familiar with yarn overs, decreases, and simple cables.

Cables on each side create a scalloped, slightly rolling edge in place of the standard garter stitch edging. The length and width are easy to modify–just add lace repeats to achieve your desired size.

Gauge is not vital to this project, but you do not want a tight fabric.

This pattern includes tips on how to modify the edging cables as well as how to adjust both length and width, but please note adding repeats will require more yardage.

This is the hand knitting version of this pattern. (But don’t worry, if you don’t want to translate it to the machine yourself, the machine knitting version will be out soon!)

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You can find this pattern in my Ravelry Store as a Free Ravelry Download right here!

It’s available to non-Ravelers, too, so don’t worry about signing up unless you want to. All the pattern details and updates are on the Ravelry page along with extra pictures.

You can also click this link to download now.

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A little about the design…

I designed this cowl for my lovely friend Sarah of DoubleDutchYarn back in the fall of 2019 for a juried craft show she was featured in. A lot of life has happened since then, and I’ve learned to take better and more numerous photos.

Here is the only one I have of the original Sarah in Lace cowl!

This creamy alpaca goodness was so soft. It draped like a dream. I just couldn’t help rubbing my face on it, which was a bad idea since I’m allergic to alpaca! The temptation of that delicate yarn halo was just too much.

Poor Sarah felt so bad when I told her about my eyes watering while I wore a bandana over my face to knit this up, but she didn’t know about my allergy, and my fellow allergy sufferers know some things are just worth it.

Sarah offers small batch, locally curated yarns. When you shop with her, you’re supporting local farmers, millers, dyers, and of course, designers like me.

And be sure to stay tuned! This isn’t the only time Sarah and I have collaborated with yarn!