You can now choose the downloadable PDF version of the pattern or the hard copy printed out and mailed -- it is your choice. 

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Nim Teasdale has done it again with GoldenLeaf!

The Design

I will let her tell you about the design: 

Goldenleaf is a flowing semi-circular shawl with an expanding leaf pattern, and just enough texture to add depth.

The pattern includes 5 possible ending points, and the edging can either be blocked into dripping leaf points, or left to form a fluttery leafy ruffle, as pictured. (The size of the shawl can be increased in width as well by adding extra wedges.)

This design was inspired by the beauty of the ginkgo tree. Interestingly, these unusual trees are living fossils, being recognisably related to fossils from 270 million years ago. They are a reminder of the resilience of life on our beautiful planet, and our responsibility to care for it during our brief time here.


Nim says that the design suits lace to fingering yarn, in solid, semi-solid, gradient or subtle speckle varieties and needs approximately 500m for the smallest size, up to approx 1000m, or more if adding extra wedges.

Beads? 

I queried Nim about beads for this beauty. 

She wrote back: "No beads specifically written into this one, but you could easily add them onto the k1 in the middle of the yo, k1, yo, or else onto the double decreases (after working the decrease)."