One Ball Knit Shawl Pattern: The Peak Serenity Knit Shawl
If you’re looking for the perfect one ball knit shawl pattern, you’re in the right place! The Peak Serenity Knit Shawl is designed with busy knitters in mind—whether you’re knitting in the carpool lane, waiting at the doctor’s office, or relaxing on a weekend getaway. This shawl uses Herrschners Worsted 8 Heathers yarn, making it affordable, cozy, and oh-so-beautiful.
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Why Choose a One Ball Knit Shawl Pattern?
One ball knit shawl patterns are game-changers for so many reasons:
- ✅ Cost-effective: Only one skein needed!
- 🎒 Portable: Toss it in your favorite Erin.Lane Bag and take it anywhere.
- 🕑 Quick to Knit: Perfect for a weekend project.
- 💝 Gift-Worthy: Handmade gifts without breaking the bank.
For more amazing one-ball creations, check out my One Ball Projects post.
✈️ The Perfect Travel Project

What makes the Peak Serenity Knit Shawl ideal for travel? It’s lightweight, simple enough to knit on the go, and stylish enough to wear straight off your needles. Picture this:
- Waiting in the school pick-up line? Knit a few rows.
- ✈️ Jet-setting? This shawl is a great plane project. Wondering if you can bring your needles on a flight? Here’s everything you need to know.
- ☕ Café knitting date? Your friends will be jealous of your progress.
The Peak Serenity Knit Shawl slips easily into your project bag, making it the ultimate companion for knitters on the move.
🧶 About the Yarn: Herrschners Worsted 8 Heathers
The texture and color depth of Herrschners Worsted 8 Heathers yarn adds a touch of elegance and warmth. It’s:
- Soft and cozy against the skin.
- Durable for everyday wear.
- Available in a wide range of colors to match any style.
Pro Tip: Because this pattern uses just one ball, you can experiment with different colors for a collection of shawls without breaking the bank!

📝 More Shawl Patterns You’ll Love
If shawls are your thing (and let’s face it, they’re fabulous!), you’ll love these:
- Top 20 Knit Prayer Shawl Patterns
- Garter Stitch Bias Shawl
- Mariposa Chic Knit Shawl
- Knit Lace Patterns
- Garter Stitch Lace Knit Scarf Pattern
These patterns offer a variety of textures, shapes, and skill levels for all your shawl-knitting desires.
💡 What Makes the Peak Serenity Knit Shawl Stand Out?
The Peak Serenity Knit Shawl is more than just a project—it’s a mindful experience. Here’s why you’ll love it:
- 🌟 One Ball Wonder: A true one ball knit shawl pattern—no extra skeins needed.
- 💎 Diamond Brocade Stitch: Featuring a diamond brocade stitch near the end, adding an elegant touch.
- 🔺 Right Angle Triangle Shape: Customizable size with every-other-row increases for a tailored fit.
- 🧘 Serene Knitting Experience: Simple garter stitch sections let you knit and relax—no stress!

✂️ Tips for Knitting Your One Ball Knit Shawl
- 🧮 Swatch First: Garter stitch behaves differently depending on your tension.
- 🔄 Customize the Size: Keep knitting until you almost run out of yarn—then finish off with the diamond brocade stitch.
- 🏖️ Block for Perfection: Light blocking enhances the brocade pattern beautifully but it is not necessary with the acrylic yarn.
Looking for more inspiration? Don’t miss the One Ball Projects post for more quick and satisfying knits!
🔗 Related Resources to Explore
- ✈️ Can I Take Knitting Needles on an Airplane?
- 💖 Top 20 Knit Prayer Shawl Patterns
- 🦋 Mariposa Chic Knit Shawl
- 🧵 Knit Lace Patterns
- 🎁 Garter Stitch Lace Knit Scarf Pattern
🌟 Ready to Cast On this One Ball Knit Shawl Pattern?
Keep scrolling for the free pattern for the Peak Serenity Knit Shawl. This one ball knit shawl pattern will become your go-to for relaxing weekend projects, thoughtful gifts, and stylish accessories.
Let me know how yours turns out—share your makes with #marlybird and #mmmdi on social media!

Discover the joy of minimalism in knitting with the Peak Serenity Shawl—where a one ball knit shawl unfolds into a symphony of stitches. Crafted with Herrschners Worsted 8 Heathers yarn, this design is a testament to the elegance that lies in simplicity. Begin at a delicate point and let your needles dance through soothing garter stitches before culminating in a sophisticated diamond brocade edge. With dimensions generous enough to enwrap you in warmth yet engineered for social stitching, this shawl is perfect for both quiet evenings and lively knit groups. Whether you’re a seasoned knitter or an ambitious beginner, the Peak Serenity Shawl offers a fulfilling journey towards a stunning, wearable work of art.
Designed by Marly Bird
SKILL LEVEL
Adventurous Beginner
MEASUREMENTS
Finished Measurements
50” wingspan x 33” short edges [127 x 84 cm]
Gauge
16 sts and 28 rows = 4.5” [11.5 cm] by 4″ [10 cm] in garter stitch pattern
MATERIALS
Herrschners, Worsted Heathers (100% Premium Acrylic, 489 yds / 448 m, 8 oz/ 226 g, CYCA# 4 worsted)
1 ball: #4010 Tree Line
Needles
U.S. 10 [6mm] 24” circular needles or size required for gauge. Length of needles is to accommodate the number of stitches as the shawl grows.
Notions
ABBREVIATIONS
K – Knit
Kfb – Knit Front and Back
P – Purl
Pm – Place Marker
St(s) – Stitches
SPECIAL STITCHES
⭐️ Kfb (knit front and back): Knit through front leg of indicated stitch but do not remove it from left hand needle, then knit through the back leg of same stitch and remove from left hand needle – 1 stitch increased.

PATTERN STITCHES
Diamond Brocade Pattern
Worked over a multiple of 6 sts
Row 1 (RS): K2, P1, K3 — 6 stitches.
Row 2 (WS): P2, [K1, P1] 2 times.
Row 3 (RS): P1, K3, P1, K1.
Row 4 (WS): K1, P5.
Row 5 (RS): P1, K3, P1, K1.
Row 6 (WS): P2, [K1, P1] 2 times.
Repeat Rows 1-6 for Diamond Brocade pat. This pattern is already written into the instructions below, but is added here for your extra information.
NOTES
- This is a right angle triangle shawl with increases on only one side of the fabric every other row.
- The majority of the body of the shawl is worked in garter stitch, with the last 29 rows before the bind off worked in the Diamond Brocade pat.
- Stitch markers can be used between pattern repeats of the Diamond Brocade pat to help maintain placement on the row.
- Bind off this shawl knitwise and be sure to not make the bind off too tight.
- Gauge is not crucial for this project, but will affect required yarn amounts and finished sizes if different from gauge given above.
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PEAK SERENITY ONE BALL KNIT SHAWL PATTERN
Cast on 2 sts.
Peak Serenity Shawl – Body Shawl
Row 1 (RS): Kfb, K1 — 3 stitches.
Row 2 (WS): K3.
Row 3 (RS): Kfb, K2 — 4 stitches.
Row 4 (WS): K4.
Row 5 (RS): Kfb, K3 — 5 stitches.
Row 6 (WS): K5.
Row 7 (RS): Kfb, K4 — 6 stitches.
Row 8 (WS): K6.
Row 9 (RS): Kfb, K5 — 7 stitches.
Row 10 (WS): K7.
Row 11 (RS): Kfb, K6 — 8 stitches.
Row 12 (WS): K8.
Row 13 (RS): Kfb, K7 — 9 stitches.
Row 14 (WS): K9.
Row 15 (RS): Kfb, K8 — 10 stitches.
Row 16 (WS): K10.
Row 17 (RS): Kfb, K9 — 11 stitches.
Row 18 (WS): K11.
Row 19 (RS): Kfb, K10 — 12 stitches.
Row 20 (WS): K12.
Row 21 (RS): Kfb, K11 — 13 stitches.
Row 22 (WS): K13.
Row 23 (RS): Kfb, K12 — 14 stitches.
Row 24 (WS): K14.
Row 25 (RS): Kfb, K13 — 15 stitches.
Row 26 (WS): K15.
Row 27 (RS): Kfb, K14 — 16 stitches.
Row 28 (WS): K16.
Row 29 (RS): Kfb, K15 — 17 stitches.
Row 30 (WS): K17.
Row 31 (RS): Kfb, K16 — 18 stitches.
Row 32 (WS): K18.
Row 33 (RS): Kfb, K17 — 19 stitches.
Row 34 (WS): K19.
Row 35 (RS): Kfb, K18 — 20 stitches.
Row 36 (WS): K20.
Row 37 (RS): Kfb, K19 — 21 stitches.
Row 38 (WS): K21.
Row 39 (RS): Kfb, K20 — 22 stitches.
Row 40 (WS): K22.
Row 41 (RS): Kfb, K21 — 23 stitches.
Row 42 (WS): K23.
Row 43 (RS): Kfb, K22 — 24 stitches.
Row 44 (WS): K24.
Row 45 (RS): Kfb, K23 — 25 stitches.
Row 46 (WS): K25.
Row 47 (RS): Kfb, K24 — 26 stitches.
Row 48 (WS): K26.
Row 49 (RS): Kfb, K25 — 27 stitches.
Row 50 (WS): K27.
Row 51 (RS): Kfb, K26 — 28 stitches.
Row 52 (WS): K28.
Row 53 (RS): Kfb, K27 — 29 stitches.
Row 54 (WS): K29.
Row 55 (RS): Kfb, K28 — 30 stitches.
Row 56 (WS): K30.
Row 57 (RS): Kfb, K29 — 31 stitches.
Row 58 (WS): K31.
Row 59 (RS): Kfb, K30 — 32 stitches.

Row 60 (WS): K32.
Row 61 (RS): Kfb, K31 — 33 stitches.
Row 62 (WS): K33.
Row 63 (RS): Kfb, K32 — 34 stitches.
Row 64 (WS): K34.
Row 65 (RS): Kfb, K33 — 35 stitches.
Row 66 (WS): K35.
Row 67 (RS): Kfb, K34 — 36 stitches.
Row 68 (WS): K36.
Row 69 (RS): Kfb, K35 — 37 stitches.
Row 70 (WS): K37.
Row 71 (RS): Kfb, K36 — 38 stitches.
Row 72 (WS): K38.
Row 73 (RS): Kfb, K37 — 39 stitches.
Row 74 (WS): K39.
Row 75 (RS): Kfb, K38 — 40 stitches.
Row 76 (WS): K40.
Row 77 (RS): Kfb, K39 — 41 stitches.
Row 78 (WS): K41.
Row 79 (RS): Kfb, K40 — 42 stitches.
Row 80 (WS): K42.
Row 81 (RS): Kfb, K41 — 43 stitches.
Row 82 (WS): K43.
Row 83 (RS): Kfb, K42 — 44 stitches.
Row 84 (WS): K44.
Row 85 (RS): Kfb, K43 — 45 stitches.
Row 86 (WS): K45.
Row 87 (RS): Kfb, K44 — 46 stitches.
Row 88 (WS): K46.
Row 89 (RS): Kfb, K45 — 47 stitches.
Row 90 (WS): K47.
Row 91 (RS): Kfb, K46 — 48 stitches.
Row 92 (WS): K48.
Row 93 (RS): Kfb, K47 — 49 stitches.
Row 94 (WS): K49.
Row 95 (RS): Kfb, K48 — 50 stitches.
Row 96 (WS): K50.
Row 97 (RS): Kfb, K49 — 51 stitches.
Row 98 (WS): K51.
Row 99 (RS): Kfb, K50 — 52 stitches.

Row 100 (WS): K52.
Row 101 (RS): Kfb, K51 — 53 stitches.
Row 102 (WS): K53.
Row 103 (RS): Kfb, K52 — 54 stitches.
Row 104 (WS): K54.
Row 105 (RS): Kfb, K53 — 55 stitches.
Row 106 (WS): K55.
Row 107 (RS): Kfb, K54 — 56 stitches.
Row 108 (WS): K56.
Row 109 (RS): Kfb, K55 — 57 stitches.
Row 110 (WS): K57.
Row 111 (RS): Kfb, K56 — 58 stitches.
Row 112 (WS): K58.
Row 113 (RS): Kfb, K57 — 59 stitches.
Row 114 (WS): K59.
Row 115 (RS): Kfb, K58 — 60 stitches.
Row 116 (WS): K60.
Row 117 (RS): Kfb, K59 — 61 stitches.
Row 118 (WS): K61.
Row 119 (RS): Kfb, K60 — 62 stitches.
Row 120 (WS): K62.
Row 121 (RS): Kfb, K61 — 63 stitches.
Row 122 (WS): K63.
Row 123 (RS): Kfb, K62 — 64 stitches.
Row 124 (WS): K64.
Row 125 (RS): Kfb, K63 — 65 stitches.
Row 126 (WS): K65.
Row 127 (RS): Kfb, K64 — 66 stitches.
Row 128 (WS): K66.
Row 129 (RS): Kfb, K65 — 67 stitches.
Row 130 (WS): K67.
Row 131 (RS): Kfb, K66 — 68 stitches.
Row 132 (WS): K68.
Row 133 (RS): Kfb, K67 — 69 stitches.
Row 134 (WS): K69.
Row 135 (RS): Kfb, K68 — 70 stitches.
Row 136 (WS): K70.
Row 137 (RS): Kfb, K69 — 71 stitches.
Row 138 (WS): K71.
Row 139 (RS): Kfb, K70 — 72 stitches.
Row 140 (WS): K72.
Row 141 (RS): Kfb, K71 — 73 stitches.
Row 142 (WS): K73.
Row 143 (RS): Kfb, K72 — 74 stitches.
Row 144 (WS): K74.
Row 145 (RS): Kfb, K73 — 75 stitches.
Row 146 (WS): K75.
Row 147 (RS): Kfb, K74 — 76 stitches.
Row 148 (WS): K76.
Row 149 (RS): Kfb, K75 — 77 stitches.

Row 150 (WS): K77.
Row 151 (RS): Kfb, K76 — 78 stitches.
Row 152 (WS): K78.
Row 153 (RS): Kfb, K77 — 79 stitches.
Row 154 (WS): K79.
Row 155 (RS): Kfb, K78 — 80 stitches.
Row 156 (WS): K80.
Row 157 (RS): Kfb, K79 — 81 stitches.
Row 158 (WS): K81.
Row 159 (RS): Kfb, K80 — 82 stitches.
Row 160 (WS): K82.
Row 161 (RS): Kfb, K81 — 83 stitches.
Row 162 (WS): K83.
Row 163 (RS): Kfb, K82 — 84 stitches.
Row 164 (WS): K84.
Row 165 (RS): Kfb, K83 — 85 stitches.
Row 166 (WS): K85.
Row 167 (RS): Kfb, K84 — 86 stitches.
Row 168 (WS): K86.
Row 169 (RS): Kfb, K85 — 87 stitches.

Row 170 (WS): K87.
Row 171 (RS): Kfb, K86 — 88 stitches.
Row 172 (WS): K88.
Row 173 (RS): Kfb, K87 — 89 stitches.
Row 174 (WS): K89.
Row 175 (RS): Kfb, K88 — 90 stitches.
Row 176 (WS): K90.
Row 177 (RS): Kfb, K89 — 91 stitches.
Row 178 (WS): K91.
Row 179 (RS): Kfb, K90 — 92 stitches.
Row 180 (WS): K92.
Row 181 (RS): Kfb, K91 — 93 stitches.
Row 182 (WS): K93.
Row 183 (RS): Kfb, K92 — 94 stitches.
Row 184 (WS): K94.
Row 185 (RS): Kfb, K93 — 95 stitches.
Row 186 (WS): K95.
Row 187 (RS): Kfb, K94 — 96 stitches.
Row 188 (WS): K96.
Row 189 (RS): Kfb, K95 — 97 stitches.
Row 190 (WS): K97.
Row 191 (RS): Kfb, K96 — 98 stitches.
Row 192 (WS): K98.
Row 193 (RS): Kfb, K97 — 99 stitches.
Row 194 (WS): K99.
Row 195 (RS): Kfb, K98 — 100 stitches.
Row 196 (WS): K100.
Row 197 (RS): Kfb, K99 — 101 stitches.
Row 198 (WS): K101.
Row 199 (RS): Kfb, K100 — 102 stitches.
Row 200 (WS): K102.
Row 201 (RS): Kfb, K101 — 103 stitches.
Row 202 (WS): K103.

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Begin Diamond Brocade Pattern Section

Final Garter section
Row 231 (RS): Kfb, K116 — 118 stitches.
Row 232 (WS): K118.
Row 233 (RS): Kfb, K117 — 119 stitches.
Row 234 (WS): K119.
Bind off all stitches knitwise.
FINISHING
Weave in all loose ends.

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💬 Final Thoughts
I hope you enjoyed making the Peak Serenity Knit Shawl as much as I enjoyed designing it for you! This one ball knit shawl pattern is perfect for busy knitters looking for a relaxing yet stylish project. It’s a wonderful reminder that beautiful things don’t have to be complicated.
Whether you’re gifting it, wearing it on a cozy afternoon, or knitting another one in a new color, I can’t wait to see your creations.
💬 Tell me how it went in the comments below, or tag me with #marlybird and #mmmdi on social media—I love seeing what you make!
Until next time…
Love, Your BiCrafty Bestie, Marly
