Outlander Carolina Shawl Pattern
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Seen worn by Claire Fraser in season 4, episode 1 ‘America The Beautiful’, and in future episodes.
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This pattern is part of my Outlander collection, you can see the other Outlander patterns here.
Inspired By The Outlander Knitted Shawls
If you have been watching the Outlander TV series, in season four, Claire has worn some very distinctive crossover triangle shawls.
Inspired by the brown shawl Claire wears in Carolina, the triangle-shaped shawl is knit in garter stitch.
The design of the shawl is made so that you can wrap it around your body and tie it at the back.
This means that you can wrap up in your own version of Claire’s Carolina shawl!
Outlander Claire’s Knitwear
Inspired by Claire Fraser wearing beautiful knitted pieces, the triangle wrap is knit by working from the top down.
If you have never knit a shawl in this way before, it is fairly easy and you can see a photo tutorial below to help you or watch the video on my YouTube channel here.
The shawl will grow in size through a series of increases that occur through yarn overs.
This also gives a nice open stitch design down the spine of the shawl.
The Needles You Need
- I used 8 mm (US 11) 40-inch/100cm circular knitting needles for this pattern.
- Using circular needles with a long cable is needed to accommodate a large number of stitches.
- I recommend using a larger size needle to cast off – this helps to keep the stitches loose.
- The size I recommend to cast off is 10mm (US 15) needles – if you have interchangeable needles this will be easy for you to do.
The Yarn you Need
- I used Alize SuperLana Maxi (100g (3.53 oz)/100mt (109 yards) – in the color 240 – Dark Brown for the main body of the shawl (for the quantities you need please see the pattern info below).
- This yarn is a wool/acrylic blend and is very soft to the touch.
- For the black stripe, I used Alize SuperLana Maxi (100g (3.53 oz)/100mt (109 yards) – in the color 60 – Black.
- You can substitute this yarn with any yarn that is the bulky/chunky/12-ply weight (05).
Yarn Substitutes
- I love this chunky – Hobby Lobby
- Hue + Me – Lion Brand
- Comfort chunky – King Cole
- Softee chunky – Bernat
- Chunky cakes – Caron
- Re: Treat – West Yorkshire Spinners
- Simply chunky – Paintbox yarns
More Outlander Patterns
There are many more Outlander patterns in this collection, ranging from shawls, cowls, and scarves to fingerless gloves and arm warmers.
Visit the Outlander Pattern Collection Ebooks in my shop below:
Resources and tutorials you may find helpful in following this pattern:
This shawl pattern is great for any intermediate knitters.
- You should be comfortable casting on and casting off, as well as knitting in garter stitch.
- Knitting cast-on methods.
- You should also know how to yarn over.
- You should know how to change yarn colors.
- You should also be comfortable reading knitting patterns.
- And understanding knitting abbreviations and terms.
- How to substitute yarn in a knitting pattern.
Video Tutorial
There is a video tutorial to help you to start knitting the shawl.
You can view that over on my YouTube channel here.
Claire’s Carolina Shawl Knitting Pattern
Notes
The shawl knits up quickly and the design makes for a relaxing and enjoyable knit.
Copyright Info
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- You may sell items produced using this pattern.
- In all product listings please credit Handy Little Me (Louise Bollanos) as the designer.
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Skill Level – Intermediate
Gauge
10 x 10 cm /4 x 4 inches = 10 sts and 20 rows in garter stitch.
Measurements/Sizes
*Please note – the measurements below are just a rough guide, you can knit this shawl until it is comfortable for you to wear – test it out against yourself to see if you want to make the length shorter or longer before casting off.
- S / M – width tip to tip = 82 inches / 208 cm
- Length – top to bottom = 36 inches / 91 cm
- L /XL – width tip to tip = 122 inches / 310 cm
- Length – top to bottom = 39 inches / 100 cm
- XL/XXL – width tip to tip = 142 inches / 361 cm
- Length – top to bottom = 42 inches / 107 cm
Some tips on trying out your shawl size…
When you get to the length where you think you want to try the shawl on, but you’re not sure, take a ball of different color yarn and thread the end of it with a tapestry or yarn needle.
Don’t cut the end of this ball of yarn, you will not need to!
Then thread all the stitches onto the different color yarn using the tapestry needle, pushing them off the knitting needles one at a time. (Don’t worry, you can get them back!)
When the last stitch is off the knitting needles, stretch the shawl out to its natural shape, taking care not to lose the stitches off the different color yarn.
Now you can try it on and see how much longer you want it.
Then carefully pick up the first stitch from the different color yarn, put it onto your knitting needle, and pull the yarn away, leaving the stitch back on your knitting needle as good as new.
Repeat till you have all your stitches back and resume knitting your shawl.
The Supplies You Need…
Yarns
- Yarn A – Alize SuperLana Maxi (100g (3.53 oz)/100mt (109 yards) – in the color 240 – Dark Brown x 6 (S/M) x 8 (L/XL) x 10 (XL/XXL)
- Yarn B – Alize SuperLana Maxi (100g (3.53 oz)/100mt (109 yards) – in the colour 60 – Black x 2 (S/M) x 4 (L/XL) x 6 (XL/XXL)
- Yarn Weight – Bulky 05/Chunky/12 Ply.
- You can purchase Alize yarns from YarnStreet or from Etsy.
- Yarn substitute – “I love this chunky super soft” from Hobby Lobby in Mocha and Cool Black.
Needles
- 8mm (US 11) knitting needles – I used my interchangeable circular needles on a 40″/100cm cable as there were many stitches – I did not join in the round to knit.
- 10mm (US 15) interchangeable circular needles to cast off.
Notions
Abbreviations / Knitting Abbreviations List
- Beg – beginning
- Cont – Continue
- Foll – following
- K – knit
- P – purl
- YO – yarn over needle
- PM – place marker
- SM – slip marker
Pattern
Yarn A – Cast on 5 sts.
K1, YO, K1, YO, PM, K1, PM, YO, K1, YO, K1 (9 sts).
Turn the work and knit one row.
Then work in the pattern as follows:
Row 1: K1, YO, K to marker, YO, SM, K1, SM, YO, K to the last st, YO, K1.
Row 2: Knit all stitches.
Rep rows 1 and 2 until you have = S/M – 181 sts / L/XL – 241 XL/XXL – 281 ending with row 2.
Change to yarn B (black) and work in the established pattern for 4 rows.
Change to yarn A (brown) and work in the established pattern for 4 rows.
Change to yarn B (black) and work in the established pattern for 4 rows.
Change to yarn A (brown) and work in the established pattern for 4 rows.
Change to yarn B (black) and work in the established pattern for 4 rows.
Change to yarn A (brown) and work in the established pattern for 8 rows.
Change to yarn B (black) and work in the established pattern for 1 row.
Cast off loosely – go up a needle size and use 10mm (US 15) needles if required.
View more Outlander Knitting Patterns here.
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