Jojoland Ripple Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern

Jojoland Ripple Shawl

What Is Being Made

The Jojoland Ripple Shawl is a lace knit wrap designed by Lijuan Jing. This finished shawl measures 70 inches by 18.5 inches, making it a generous rectangular wrap suitable for layering and draping. The design features a ripple pattern created through strategic increases and decreases, producing an elegant wave-like texture across the fabric.

Craft and Project Type

This is a knitting project classified as a shawl and wrap. The pattern is provided as a downloadable PDF format, making it accessible for immediate use once purchased. The design is rated as Easy+ skill level, indicating it is suitable for knitters with basic to intermediate experience who are comfortable with fundamental lace techniques.

Techniques Used

The Ripple Shawl employs lace knitting techniques worked flat on straight needles. The construction method involves picking up stitches from the shawl's edge to attach an edging, eliminating the need for sewing seams later. This integrated edging approach creates a polished, professional finish. The pattern uses strategic yarn overs and decreases to form the ripple texture, with special attention to edge stitches that are worked through the back of the loop to create neat selvage edges with decorative loops.

Stitches Used

The pattern incorporates several fundamental knitting stitches:

• Yarn over (yo) – creates the lace holes and increases
• Slip, slip, knit (ssk) – a left-leaning decrease
• Knit 2 together (k2tog) – a right-leaning decrease
• Purl 2 together through back of loop (p2tog tbl) – used in wrong-side rows
• Knit through back of loop (tbl) – creates twisted stitches for edge definition
• Slip stitch – used for edge stitches with yarn in front

The main shawl body is constructed from 109 cast-on stitches, with 11 repeats of a 9-stitch pattern, plus 4 edge stitches on each side for the top and bottom long edges. The short edging is worked separately and uses a 12-stitch repeat pattern, with 8 total repeats picked up from the shawl's edge.

Materials and Tools

This project requires 5 balls of Jojoland Melody yarn in color number ms11, with each ball containing 220 yards for a total yardage of approximately 1,100 yards. Knitters will need 4 mm needles (U.S. size 6) to work this pattern. The gauge is noted as not important for this project, making it forgiving for variations in individual knitting tension. The yarn choice and needle size work together to create the appropriate drape and lace definition in the finished wrap.