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Try Celtic Myths Shawl Free Knitting Patterns featuring cables, lace details, flowing shapes, and heritage-inspired designs to enjoy.
These Celtic Myths Shawl Free Knitting Patterns bring together beautiful textures, flowing shapes, and heritage-inspired details for knitters who enjoy making elegant accessories. Each pattern here has its own look, making the group useful for different knitting tastes and yarn choices. Some designs feature delicate lacework, while others have bold textures or eye-catching sections that make the finished shawl stand out. You can wear these pieces around your shoulders, style them with dresses, or wrap them over everyday outfits when you need an extra layer. Pick a design that suits your skill level, choose a favorite yarn shade, and enjoy creating a handmade shawl with plenty of character.
Celtic Myths Shawl Free Knitting Patterns
1. Celtic Myths Fingering
This pattern by Asita Krebs is a half-circle shawl with a beautiful Celtic cable border. The gauge is 25 stitches and 35 rows = 10 cm in stockinette. You need to have fingering-weight yarn and US 4 and 6 knitting needles.
It uses about 766 yards (700 m) of yarn and, after blocking, the shawl measures approximately 60 x 20 inches (150 x 50 cm). It is worked from the top down, with the border knitted from one side to the other while being attached to the shawl body. The pattern is available as a free Ravelry download.
2. Celtic Myths
This shawl by Asita Krebs offers another interpretation of the same rich design theme. It is worked top down, then the border is knitted from one side to the other while fixing it to the body.
This version uses sport-weight yarn with a gauge of 20 stitches and 31 rows over 4 inches in stockinette stitch, and calls for US 7 (4.5 mm) needles. The pattern needs about 634–678 yards (580–620 m) of yarn and measures approximately 70 x 19 inches (180 x 50 cm) after blocking. A custom size is also available. The designer notes that you can knit the pattern in fingering weight with smaller needles, and the border uses more yarn than the body.
3. Irish Shawl
This Irish shawl by Kay Hopkins brings a distinctly heritage-inspired feel. It is knitted end-to-end in a completely seamless manner. It represents the rugged and rocky moors that are criss-crossed with rock walls and the steep Cliffs of Moher with a fortress castle.
The design was also inspired by Tree of Life jewelry seen by the designer at an outdoor market in Howth. The main body is worked on the bias, which shows off hand-dyed yarn as well as solid colors. The pattern uses fingering-weight yarn, US 5 (3.75 mm) needles, and about 550–660 yards (503–604 m) of yarn. It can be adjusted in size by adding or reducing repeat sections.
4. Rhiannon
Sue Lazenby designed this graceful shawl, inspired by Celtic tracery, the grid work on gates & the pattern of horseshoes. The pattern is part of Sue Lazenby’s collection of shawl and wrap designs and is available as a free Ravelry download. It offers another Celtic-inspired option alongside her other designs, including Ceridwen and Branwen.
5. Celtic Myths Shawl for a St. Patrick’s Day Wedding
This special shawl by Asita Krebs is designed with a St. Patrick’s Day wedding in mind, giving it a wonderful occasion-ready feel. This handmade wrap makes a meaningful accessory for a bride, bridesmaid, or guest at a spring celebration. Imagine wearing a piece made by your own hands on such an important day!
6. Carradal
Carradal by Lucy Hague brings a bold name and an eye-catching knitted form to this lineup. It features a striped body and cabled edging, with stitch patterns inspired by the key spirals commonly found in Celtic and Pictish art.
The shawl is worked top down and can be blocked into a slight crescent shape instead of a semi-circle. Two sizes are included. It uses fingering-weight yarn and US 5 (3.75 mm) needles, with 486–630 yards (444–576 m) needed for a single-color version. The striped version uses separate amounts of main and contrast yarn. The cables are worked over reverse garter stitch, and the pattern includes a picot cast-off.
7. Celtic Maze Shawl
This maze shawl by Sol Le Roux is a design that gives the eye plenty to follow across the knitted fabric. The pattern is an asymmetrical triangular shawl worked in three colors. It starts at the right tip, with increases on the right side and decreases on the left. A multicolored yarn forms the background, while two solid colors are used for the stranded sections. A garter-stitch border is worked around all sides.
The pattern calls for fingering-weight yarn, US 2.5 (3 mm) circular needles with at least a 32-inch cable, and about 920 yards (841 m) of yarn. The finished wingspan is approximately 68 inches (173 cm).
8. Glimfeather
This shawl by Laura Wile brings a lighter, more whimsical feeling. Its shape makes a lovely finishing layer for an outfit without feeling too heavy. The knitting gauge of this is 16 stitches and 24 rows = 10 cm in stockinette stitch.
It is a top-down Faroese-shaped shawl worked with worsted-weight yarn and US 8 (5 mm) needles. The finished shawl is approximately 28 inches from the neck to the bottom and 102 inches from tip to tip. The pattern is charted rather than written out line by line and is available as a free Ravelry download.
9. Morvarch
This shawl, created by Lucy Hague, offers an opportunity to work with a larger knitted surface while creating a useful accessory at the same time. Its finished form will be wrapped around the shoulders during cool evenings or folded neatly for a smaller look.
Morvarch is a lace-weight rectangular shawl with a more unusual construction. It begins with a center square worked outward in the round, followed by short-row sections and a stocking-stitch body finished with lace ribbing. The remaining two edges of the center are then completed to mirror the first side. It uses about 875 yards (800 m) of lace-weight yarn and US 3 (3.25 mm) needles. The designer recommends solid, light-colored yarn with good stitch definition because the delicate cables can disappear in fuzzy or highly textured yarn.
10. Celtic Jewel Shawl
This shawl by Hélène Rush brings a deep, decorative feeling to the fabric. It features a Celtic-inspired motif at the center, eyelet patterns on the wings, and a cable and bobble edging. The center panel is worked first, followed by the side panels worked sideways and tapered toward the ends.
The bottom band is worked last, using short rows at each bobble cluster to create a soft scalloped edge. It is worked flat and seamlessly in one piece, using aran-weight yarn and US 8 (5 mm) needles. The finished size is approximately 12 x 46 inches, with 500–600 yards (457–549 m) of yarn required.
11. Scottish Highlands
Kay Hopkins has designed this shawl using fingering yarn weight and US 5 knitting needles. It is inspired by the rugged beauty associated with the Highlands. Earthy shades such as heather, moss, stone, and oatmeal could suit the theme particularly well. The shawl is worked end-to-end without seams and combines garter stitch with lace.
Two sizes are included: approximately 58 x 23 inches and 75 x 35 inches at the point. The pattern allows several variations, including one or multiple colors and the option to include or leave out the eyelet lace insert ribbons. It uses about 430–500 yards for the one-color version, while the larger version needs about 936 yards. For a two-color version, the smaller size uses about 250 yards each of the main and contrast colors.
