Knit Falling Leaves Shawl Pattern & Tutorial
- Phanessa Fong
- Jul 31, 2025
- 6 min read
Updated: Aug 1, 2025
Hello friends! I'm so excited to share today's free pattern: the Falling Leaves Shawl. You can find the PDF pattern in all my shops, and I'm loving how it looks in this dusty rose color!
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Most of the shawl is knitted in garter stitches (knit on both wrong and right sides) except the leaf pattern which consists of yarn over (yo) stitches for increases and a few different types of decrease stitch.
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Right-Handed Video Tutorial: https://youtu.be/8AEcVsi7yao
Left-Handed Tutorial: https://youtu.be/buEenPabqG0
SIZE - 42" X 61" X 68"
GAUGE = Garter Stitches
4" = 14 sts | 26 Rows
YARN USED
lion brand yarn, basic stitch (85 yd)
3 Balls | 555 yards
Other suggested yarn
NEEDLES I used Addi Click Interchangeable Needles
OTHER tapestry needle
SKILL LEVEL – Intermediate
ABBREVIATIONS
co - Cast on
st(s) - Stitch(es)
sl - Slip stitch
k - Knit
p - Purl
yo - Yarn over
k2tog - Knit 2 sts together
k3tog - Knit 3 sts together
sk2p - Slip 1 knitwise, k2tog, pass slip stitch over the k2tog.
sm - Slip Marker
rep - Repeat
NOTES – Pattern is written in US terms. The Falling Leaves Shawl is knitted from the bottom corner up in a triangle, increasing on both sides. You will slip the first stitch on both sides purl-wise (as if to purl), with your yarn in the front. This pattern starts on the wrong side.
Download PDF Chart
co 5 sts
row 1 (wrong side): sl1, p1, yo, k3.
row 2: sl1, p2, k1, yo, k2.
row 3: sl1, p1, yo, p2, k3.
row 4: sl1, p2, k3, yo, k2.
row 5: sl1, p1, yo, p4, k3.
row 6: sl1, p2, yo, k1, yo, sk2p, k1, yo, k2.
row 7: sl1, p1, yo, p6, k3.
row 8: sl1, p2, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sk2p, k1, yo, k2.
row 9: sl1, p1, yo, p8, k3.
row 10: sl1, p2, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, sk2p, k1, yo, k2.
row 11: sl1, p1, yo, p10, k3.
row 12: sl1, p2, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sk2p, k1, yo, k2.
row 13: sl1, p1, yo, p12, k3.
row 14: sl1, p2, k9, k2tog, yo, k2, yo, k2.
row 15: sl1, p1, yo, p14, k3.
row 16: sl1, p2, k7, k3tog, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2, yo, k2.
row 17: sl1, p1, yo, p1, k2, p13, k3.
row 18: sl1, p2, k5, k3tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2, k2, yo, k2.
row 19: sl1, p1, yo, p3, k2, p13, k3.
row 20: sl1, p2, k3, k3tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p2, k4, yo, k2.
row 21: sl1, p1, yo, p5, k2, p13, k3.
row 22: sl1, p2, [yo, k1, yo, sk2p], k9, p2. Rep between [ ] once, k2, yo, k2.
row 23: sl1, p1, yo, p7, [k2, p13], k3.
row 24: sl1, p2, [k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sk2p], k7, p2. Rep between [ ] once, k2, yo, k2.
row 25: sl1, p1, yo, p9, [k2, p13], k3.
row 26: sl1, p2, [k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, sk2p], k5, p2. Rep between [ ] once, k2, yo, k2.
row 27: sl1, p1, yo, p11, [k2, p13], k3.
row 28: sl1, p2, [k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sk2p], k3, p2. Rep between [ ] once, k2, yo, k2.
row 29: sl1, p1, yo, [p13, k2] twice, k1.
row 30: sl1, [p2, k9, k3tog, yo, k1, yo] twice, k1, yo, k2.
row 31: sl1, p1, yo, [k2, p13] twice, k3.
row 32: sl1, p2, [k7, k3tog, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2] twice, k1, yo, k2.
row 33: sl1, p1, yo, p2, [k2, p13] twice, k3.
row 34: sl1, p2, [k5, k3tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, ] twice, k3, yo, k2.
row 35: sl1, p1, yo, p4, [k2, p13] twice, k3.
row 36: sl1, p2, [k3, k3tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p2] twice, k5, yo, k2.
row 37: sl1, p1, yo, p6, [k2, p13] twice, k3.
row 38: sl1, p2, [yo, k1, yo, sk2p, k9, p2] twice, yo, k1, yo, sk2p, k3, yo, k2.
row 39: sl1, p1, yo, p8, [k2, p13] twice, k3.
row 40: sl1, p2, [k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sk2p, k7, p2] twice, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sk2p, k3, yo, k2.
row 41: sl1, p1, yo, p10, [k2, p13] twice, k3.
row 42: sl1, p2, [k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, sk2p, k5, p2] twice, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, sk2p, k3, yo, k2.
row 43: sl1, p1, yo, p12, [k2, p13] twice, k3.
row 44: sl1, p2, [k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sk2p, k3, p2] 3 times, yo, k2.
row 45: sl1, p1, yo, p14, [k2, p13] twice, k3.
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row 46: sl1, p2, [k9, k3tog, yo, k1, yo, p2], 3 times, PLACE MARKER, yo, k2.
row 47: sl1, p1, yo, k1, sm, [k2, p13] 3 times, k3.
row 48: sl1, p2, [k7, k3tog, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2], 3 times, sm, k2, yo, k2.
row 49 and all wrong sides from now on: sl1, p1, yo, k to marker, sm, [k2, p13] 3 times, k3.
row 50: sl1, p2, [k5, k3tog, k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, p2], 3 times, sm, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
row 52: sl1, p2, [k3, k3tog, k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, p2], 3 times, sm, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
row 54: sl1, p2, [yo, k1, yo, sk2p, k9, p2] 3 times, sm, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
row 56: sl1, p2, [k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, sk2p, k7, p2] 3 times, sm, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
row 58: sl1, p2, [k2, yo, k1, yo, k2, sk2p, k5, p2] 3 times, sm, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
row 60: sl1, p2, [k3, yo, k1, yo, k3, sk2p, k3, p2] 3 times, sm, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
row 62: sl1, p2, [k9, k3tog, yo, k1, yo, p2], 3 times, sm, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
row 64: sl1, p2, [k7, k3tog, k1, yo, k1, yo, k1, p2], 3 times, sm, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
repeat pattern
Repeat rows 49-64 (between the 2 blue lines in chart) or until the shawl measures approximately 42" from cast-on to needles. End on row 53 or 61.
finishing Rows
right side rows: sl1, k to marker, remove marker, k to last 2 sts. yo, k2.
wrong side rows: sl1, p1, yo, k all remaining sts.
Rep these 2 rows until the garter sts are approx. 2" wide ending on the wrong side.
cast off: k2, slip the first knitted st over the just knitted st, [k1, slip the previously knitted st over the just knitted st]. Rep between [ ] across.
Secure and weave in all ends. Block as desired.
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