Knit a stole in classic Shetland style: work the central rectangle in stockinette, then pick up and knit an edging with narrow cables instead of lace. A soft hand-dyed yarn picks up all the colors of weathered stone, so the wrap resembles an Iron Age broch, a type of stone tower found all over Scotland and the Northern Isles.

Difficulty Easy

Finished Size 10” wide and 76” long.

Yarn Space Cadet Cressida (100% superwash merino wool): nine stones, 3 skeins.

Needles Size 10 (6 mm): 40” circular. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the correct gauge.

Notions Cable needle; tapestry needle.


Gauge 16 sts and 25 rows = 4” in St st.

Notes This shawl is worked back and forth in rows.