Some days I sit and look at my yarn stash wondering just how it all came to be. A little bit of this yarn, and a little more of that. Soon you find yourself the proud owner of enough yarn to traverse the world if joined into one continuous line. There is just too much of it!
But whenever I do try to downsize, I find it almost impossible. This is not rubbish yarn. This is yarn that just never found its purpose.
Within this enormous amount of yarn, I had several balls of Stylecraft Aran Ombre in the colour Ethic. I just loved this yarn. The purple is gorgeous! But each time I tried to use it, I would calculate how much I felt I needed and would be disappointed that it was never enough.
I decided I had to remedy this problem and so the Five Day Flower Shawl was created.
There was no excuses with this project. It could be larger or smaller, dependant upon how many flower motifs I chose.
My intention with this design, was to create a shawl that could be sized to suit, while using up stash yarn. I also wanted something that could be a fast make.
This design ticks all of those boxes.
The shawl can easily be created in five days by working one long row of motifs each day. I made the proto-type in four days.
I chose to use the same yarn throughout, but the sky is the limit with this one.
I do recommend at least an aran weight yarn, due to the nature of the design. Chains are used in the motifs to create the petals and a yarn of less substance than aran, may not result in as good an outcome. I also recommend a roving style yarn, as again, this suits the makeup of the design best.
This pattern is a free readable pattern on my webpage, in US terminology. If you require a ad free printable PDF copy, this can be purchased on any of my selling platforms. The webpage does have the entire pattern, but this is not printable. A girl does have to keep some secrets!
If you love this design, please let me know, or leave a review on one of my selling platforms. Enjoy!