Fall is finally here! The season of chai tea, pumpkin carving, and harvest festivals means the return of all things cozy and knitted. I’m celebrating my favorite time of year and keeping the first chill away with this super simple organic shrug.
Basic shrug construction updated with my favorite lace pattern from the holy cowl. Quick, simple, and best of all – it’s organic. Here’s the pattern written up as a .pdf for you:
Happy Fall and Happy Knitting!
Where I'm at
Beach Bum Bag
Garter Snake Purse
Head to Headband
Holy Cowl!
Holy Cuffs
Organic Mushrom
Racing Stripes
Silk Bandana Scarf
The Eco Hero
The Kiwi Slouch
The Micro Scarf
The Weekender
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Erin-Kate
/ October 18, 2011It’s adorable! Thanks so much & great work!
nobutterfly
/ October 20, 2011I couldn’t believe no one had knitted this before when I saw it on ravelry, now I know why. It is absolutely in my to do list. Love your style
Nancy
/ October 25, 2011So cute! But why doesn’t it come in an XL, at least?
Linda Walsh
/ October 26, 2011Cute Shrug! I think I will make it for my daughter.
Marta
/ October 27, 2011Beautiful design and great work!
Pat Owens
/ November 16, 2011Love the shrug, but I’m having problems at the end of row 1 and row 3. After doing the pattern (yo, k3tog,yo,k3) I have 4 stitches left on row 1 and 4 stitches left on row 3. No yarn over holes appear at the end of these rows. in other words they are totally solid. For example: end of row 1 (yo, k3 tog, yo, k3, ki);end of row 3 (yo, k 3 tog, yo, k 3, k4). I’m making small (44 stitches)
Roberta Stefanik
/ April 21, 2013I also had a problem with the third row of the pattern. Had to improvise to get the pattern to come out right. I kept working til one stitch before the end of row 3’s ( ). Then did K 1 on last stitch. Pattern, in my opinion wasn’t written well (line 3) but the shrug is cute and I commend the creator for having come up with a cute design.
Jackie
/ December 15, 2011I need help with this Shrug pattern. How do I work the band onto it? I understand the collar part but am I to ADD STITCHES along the outter edge? If so, how many
hilary
/ December 15, 2011Hi Jackie,
I’m not positive that I understand your question, but you should only have to pick up stitches – around each arm hole opening and then all the way around the body opening. No need to add any stitches once you’ve finished the rectangle. Once you’ve seamed the arms and tried the shrug on for size, just pick up stitches all the way around the body opening and they form the bottom band at the back and the collar all in one rib. I hope that was helpful.
Jackie
/ December 15, 2011Hilary,
Thanks a million! I’ll get started now. Merry Christmas
Nancy Bradley
/ January 22, 2012I am having a problem with the rib border of the Organic Shrug. No matter how large the needles or how loose the bindoff, the border constricts the design. I picked up stitches all around the opening from the top of each arm hole stitching. I welcome your suggestions!
hilary
/ January 30, 2012Hi Nancy,
I’m sure you’ve already finished this project (sorry for the late reply!) But my best advice is just to bind off so loosely that it feels ridiculous, use about twice as much yarn each stitch as you normally would and it should stretch to the right circumference. It’s almost impossible to bind off too loosely with cotton. Hopefully that helps! Good luck.
Meka
/ February 14, 2012Made it & LOVED it 🙂 I will be making more of these for my friends. Did not take long to make, & I am not a very experienced knitter. My only suggestion is to be sure & pick up ENOUGH stitches around the neckband. Being a new knitter it was hard for me to determine ‘3 rows’ in order to create ‘2 stitches’. I made it in M size & picked up 90 stitches for the neckband. It was barely enough, next time I will try 100 stiches. I love the shrug & the yarn.
Pamela Dorman
/ September 1, 2012Thanks very much for the free pattern, Spring is here in Australia and I am going to knit this for my 17 year old granddaughter – hope I can find the correct yarn.
Cherie de Souza
/ October 14, 2012I love this shrug but am having a problem with Row 3: I am making a size small -44 sts. The pattern repeat is 6 stitches…. Row 4 calls for starting with knit 4 and ending with knit 1. If you subtract these 5 sts. from ’44’, you have ’39’ which is not divisible by ‘6’. My Row 3 ends with ‘knit 3 together, knit 1 (not knit 3’ knit 1). Alternatively it would be ‘ yo, knit 3′ yo, knit 3’ knit 1. Please help! Thanks
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/ February 10, 2013C A (prefer to be anonymous please
/ March 19, 2013Sorry the print is so small. As a mature knitter I need glasses but even
with them on cannot follow the instructions.
SOS
sarah
/ May 23, 2013Are these american size needles? Thanks
tia davis
/ August 28, 2013Dear Hilary,
I just wanted to let you know I have featured you at Craftown! (A feature includes an image, a brief brag about your tutorial and links back to your fabulous site for the full post.)
I’m very pleased with how the page turned out. Here is the URL if you would like to review it.
http://www.craftown.com/Organic-Shrug.html
We also have a submission page for your convenience, if you would like to have any future content/patterns featured with us! I’ll be sharing your feature on our social media pages too.
http://www.craftown.com/Submit-A-Craft.html
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Tia
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Eva Emerson
/ September 20, 2013I know this has been referenced before, but could someone tell us the best way to do row 3? Does it work better to do yo k3tog yo k1? Or is there a better way? Just knitting the last four stitches would give me seven knit stitches in a row, which doesn’t seem like it would look right. Also, when I did the lace part it came out way too wide, so it droops. Did anyone else have this problem? Any solutions? Love the pattern and would really like to do it up right!
carol katz
/ November 10, 2013love the shrug. is the pattern for women or girls sizes.
thanks?