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Marsh Grass is a new fingering-weight shawl knitting pattern featuring flowing textured and lace stitches inspired by windswept coastal marshes. It’s a pattern that keeps your interest while settling into a relaxing rhythm and has clear, detailed instructions with stitch counts any time there is a change and plenty of close-up photos so you’ll know you’re on track every step of the way.

Perfect for spring knitting, you can get this pattern 25% off with code marshgrass on softyarndesigns.com, Ravelry, or Etsy.

Get 25% off the quick and fun Fizzy Hat pattern with code fizzyhat through Jan. 30, 2026.

Fizzy Hat knits up fast using super bulky yarn, with a stitch pattern that lets you use just one color at a time to create a cool mesh overlay effect. The pattern also lets you add a new skill to your knitting repertoire: Learn to knit the optional lateral/Estonian braid with the included photo tutorial and video link.

The pattern was so popular with test knitters that several of them have already made more than one! Grab this happy, satisfying pattern at a discount and be ready to love it just as much as they do.

Sizing for kids and adults included.

Get the Fizzy Hat knitting pattern on my website. It’s also available on Ravelry and on Etsy.

Get ready to dive under the sea and spend time with mermaids! We will travel down from the ocean’s surface to the reef where mermaids twist and twirl together. You’ll knit a beautiful crescent-shaped shawl using two colors of fingering/sock yarn with lace and textured stitch patterns that take their their inspiration from the underwater world of the mermaids. You’ll also enjoy the support and camaraderie of your new knitting friends in the MKAL chat group, sharing pictures and cheering each other on.

**Join the Mermaid Dance MKAL now for 25% off with code mermaidmkal on softyarndesigns.com, Ravelry, and Etsy, and get your yarn and needles ready!** The chat group opens Oct. 8 and the first clue will be released Oct. 15.

Yarn kits are available from Purple Lamb Fiber Arts.

The popular Mermaids’ Garden lace shawl pattern has gotten a glow-up, and the pattern is available at a discount for a limited time!

Now with close-up photos of every stitch pattern, charts, richer descriptions, more stitch counts, and helpful tips and links, this pattern is even more enjoyable to knit. It’s appropriate for adventurous beginners and beyond.

Take 25% off The Mermaids’ Garden with code mermaidglowup through August 28, 2025, on the website, Ravelry, and Etsy.

Get the classic cables and cozy double brim of the Sledding and Snowballs Hat knitting pattern 25% off with code sledthesummer through Sunday, Aug. 3, on softyarndesigns.com, Ravelry, and Etsy.

A great project for your summer travels or chatting in the backyard! Great for gifting, you’ll find friends and relatives requesting this hat again and again. The pattern includes sizing for kids and adults, and the hat looks great with or without a pompom.

Over Easy is the first design in the “Eggs for Dinner” collection, a series of shawl patterns that are as easy to knit as eggs are to cook, and just as satisfying. With its simple-to-memorize stitch patterns, this shawl is perfect for social knitting: catch up with friends or watch tv and never worry about losing your place. A perfect cast-on for summer knitting, Over Easy is a low-pressure comfort knit that rewards you with an elegant, easy-to-style shawl. Use code overeasyindie to get 25% off through Monday, June 23, 2025 on softyarndesigns.com, Ravelry, or Etsy.

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Wrap yourself in mermaid magic as you knit and wear the Catching a Mermaid shawl! It features a stitch pattern that mimics a mermaid’s scales, and you’ll also get to knit charming texture and simple lace that creates an elegant open design.

Now the perennially popular pattern has gotten a glow-up to boost the clarity, styling, and ease of use. You will love working from the new pattern! Get 25% off with code MERMAIDS through Monday, April 28, on softyarndesigns.com, Ravelry, and Etsy.

Softyarn Designs now has a website! To celebrate, take 20% off all patterns on the site with code Indie20. Enjoy patterns for easy to intricate shawls with seaside, mermaid, and ocean themes, size-inclusive sweaters, fun hats for every yarn weight, accessories, and more. These patterns will both spark your creativity and give you a smooth knitting experience. The detailed, tech-edited, and test-knit patterns include tips for success, helpful links, and specific instructions for custom fit modifications so you’ll make things that not only fit, but fit the way you want. Come on over to the website and scoop up some of my most popular patterns with this Indie Untangled discount!

Northwestern: The sweatshirt-style, Aran-weight, beginner-friendly, size-inclusive, quick-to-knit, and so-comfy sweater that you will want to cast on right away and wear as soon as it comes off the needles. Perfect for transitional weather!

Get 15% off the pattern with code Northwestern on Ravelry and Etsy through end of day Tuesday, Aug. 29.

Join the Fairies in the Snow mystery knit-along for 40% off through Tuesday, Jan. 12 with code Fairies. It’s a crescent-shaped shawl calling for two skeins of fingering/ sock yarn, and there will be chat and prizes and a little story to go along, too. See lots more info and join the knitalong here.

This MKAL is a collaboration with Jilly and Kiddles and there are kits available that include two coordinating skeins of yarn + the pattern in three choices of colorways. (Yarn photos copyright Jill Leary.)