Spring Garden - triangular shawl with lace border

Downloadable PDF knitting pattern.

This pattern is also available on create2thrive.com

The Spring Garden shallow triangular shawl is worked bottom-up starting with the lace border, which is a mix of the garter stitch, lace and eyelet patterns. The lace border adds a delicate touch to this rather casual accessory. The lace border is worked in two colours, main color (MC) and contrast color (CC), using one colour at a time. After the lace border is complete, the body is knit in garter stitch pattern, using the main color (MC) only, and shaped into a triangle using short rows knitting technique.

Even though a small shawl could be a practical choice for many, it is easy to make this shawl in larger sizes, just by increasing the number of cast-on stitches in increments of 16 stitches.

The stitch patterns used for the lace border include written as well as charted instructions. The SCHEMATICS, CHART and it’s Kea are located on the last pages. The rows in the written instructions for the lace border correspond to the rows in the CHART for easy reference. The instructions for the BODY part is written out (not charted).

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

(approx., blocked)

Wingspan: 67.5 inches / 171.5 cm

Depth: 21 inches / 53.5 cm

GAUGE

20 sts x 32 rows to 4 inches/ 10 cm square over the shawl’s lace pattern on US #4 / 3.5 mm needles, blocked

Please note, a different gauge will affect the finished measurements and yardage used.

YARN USED IN SAMPLE

MC - Silky Single (custom hand-dyed) - 70% Superwash Merino, 30% Silk - 438 yards / 400 meters; 3.53 ounces / 100 grams

CC - Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash Fingering - 100% Superwash Merino - 219 yards / 200 meters, 1.76 ounces / 50 grams

YARDAGE REQUIRED (approx.)

MC - 438 yards / 400 meters

CC - 219 yards / 200 meters

total - 657 yards / 600 meters

MATERIALS

US #4 / 3.5 mm needles(32 inches/ 80 cm

circular needles- to accommodate all the

stitches), or size to obtain gauge;

4 stitch markers;

tapestry needle

RECOMMENDED YARN

Choose the yarn made of natural fibres or blends in fingering or light fingering weight that produces the fabric which holds blocking well and has a good drape.

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate