Juniper Moon Farm Coastal Wrap Knitting Pattern

Juniper Moon Farm Coastal Knit Shawl

What is Being Made

The Coastal shawl is a triangular wrap designed by Tabetha Hedrick, featuring generous finished measurements of approximately 51½ inches (131 cm) in wingspan and 25¾ inches (65.5 cm) in depth. This downloadable knitting pattern creates a substantial shawl suitable for layering or wearing as an elegant wrap, worked in a single color using Juniper Moon Farm Zooey Aran yarn.

Techniques Used

This shawl employs both cable knitting and lace techniques combined within a single stitch pattern. The design is worked flat on circular needles, meaning it is knitted back and forth in rows rather than in the round. The integration of cables and lace creates visual interest and texture throughout the piece, with the pattern repeating to build the triangular shawl shape through strategic yarn overs and decreases.

Stitches Used

The Coastal shawl features a signature Coastal Stitch pattern that forms the foundation of the entire design. This stitch pattern incorporates:

• Yarn overs (yo) for creating lace openings and increasing stitches
• Cable crosses including 1/1 right cross (1/1 rc) and 1/1 left cross (1/1 lc) worked with a cable needle
• Knit stitches (k) for structure and texture
• Purl stitches (p) on all even-numbered (wrong side) rows
• Decreases including knit 2 together (k2tog), knit 3 together (k3tog), slip slip knit (ssk), and centered double decreases (sk2p)

The Coastal Stitch pattern spans 20 rows (rows 9 through 28), which are repeated throughout the knitting process to achieve the finished dimensions. The pattern begins with a foundation of 4 stitches established in the first row and grows through increases created by yarn overs, while the lace and cable elements are introduced and expanded across subsequent rows.

Materials

This pattern requires 2 skeins of Juniper Moon Farm Zooey Aran yarn in colorway #1011 Rose Garden, with each skein weighing 100 grams. The yarn weight is Aran, a medium-weight yarn suitable for creating fabric with good drape and definition in both cable and lace stitches. Knitters will need US size 7 (4.5mm) circular needles measuring 32 inches (80 cm) in length, along with a cable needle for executing the cable crosses and a tapestry needle for finishing. The recommended gauge is 19 stitches and 23 rows over 4 inches (10 cm) when worked in the Coastal Stitch pattern.