Is winter your favourite time for a stroll on the beach? Eathie captures that stark palette – the black of dried seaweed, the cream of seafoam and the steel grey of the sea – to wrap the ocean’s peace around you. Starting from a single point, gentle waves and lacy chevrons spread out like the vast horizon.

Eathie uses three undyed skeins of yarn from three individual sheep local to the region, and is easy to adapt to use up every scrap of your precious yarn.

MC / CC1 / CC2: 180 m / 195 yds semi-solid or solid coloured 4ply or fingering weight yarn, in three contrasting colours.

Sample is made using:

Black Isle Yarns Eathie Shawl Kit, Orrinside Flock, 180 m / 195 yds per 60g.

MC: Double Cream, 1 skein
CC1: Hazy Charcoal, 1 skein
CC2: Rugged Grey, 1 skein

Or
MC / CC1 / CC2: 200 m / 220 yds semi-solid or solid coloured DK or light worsted weight yarn, in three contrasting colours.

Sample is made using:

Black Isle Yarns Eathie Shawl Kit, Shetland, 200 m / 220 yds per 100-110g.

MC: White, 1 skein
CC1: Toffee Crisp, 1 skein
CC2: Misty Grey, 1 skein

Directions are given for working the shawl in 4ply or DK/worsted weight yarn. All pattern numbers are given in the format 4ply (DK).