Wildflower Honey Shawl by Kira Dulaney

Wildflower Honey Shawl

Knitting
September 2025
Handspun – 2-ply, 50% wool/25% silk/25% flax
DK (11 wpi) ?
13 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
in Bee stitch
US 8 - 5.0 mm
645 yards (590 m)
One size
English

This fun shawl works up quickly with a highly textured yet simple stitch pattern and i-cord edging. Choose a main color, then mix in spinning experiments, dyeing samples, or leftover yarns as your contrast color(s). It’s designed so you can stop whenever you’re happy with the size or you run out of yarn. Exact gauge isn’t required.

Finished measurements
Width at widest point: 47 inches (119.5 cm)
Length at longest point: 32 inches (81.5 cm)

Materials

  • 520 yards / 475.5 m DK weight yarn in main color (2-ply, 50% wool/25% silk/25% flax)
  • 125 yards / 114.5 m DK weight yarn in contrast color (2-ply, 50% wool/25% silk/25% flax)
  • US 8 (5mm) circular needles 24 inches or longer
  • Tapestry needle, pins for blocking

Gauge
13 stitches and 28 rows to 4 stitches Bee Stitch, blocked

Notes
This pattern is adaptable to gauge and varying amounts of yarn, so feel free to adjust the needle size to make a nice lofty fabric with your yarn. You can switch colors whenever you are running short on yarn or simply feel like a change.