Winter glamour meets snuggly yarn in this Faroese-inspired lace shawl knitting pattern. This design features a beautiful back panel and a knitted-on-as-you-go leaf border.

My half-Danish aunt and fellow designer Karie Bookish (also from Denmark) helped me to name this lovely shawl. Isblomst translates into English as ‘ice flower’.

With lace mesh wings, waterfall fronts and leafy edging detail that picks up the central panel motif, Isblomst is a real treasure. 

Gathered darts are worked into the shaping for the winged edges, so this shawl will stay put without a clip! You can see the fabric ripples in the photo with me holding up the shawl - and check out ladyinwaiting’s review here.

Use 1 strand of Kidsilk Haze and 1 strand of Fine Lace held together

The shawl is worked from the bottom up, with two central leaf panels and symmetrical eyelet increases at the sides within the trellis lace pattern. Each gusset is worked one side at a time, with the last stitch of the second side used as the first stitch of the leaf edging, which is knitted lengthways onto the perimeter of the shawl. Short rows are used to turn the corners of the edging.