Koigu Dreamboat Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern
By Koigu
Specifications
| Brand: | Koigu |
| Yarn Weight: | Fingering |
| Designer: | Taiu Landra |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Techniques and Construction: | Seamless, Top Down, Worked Flat |
Product Description
Koigu Dreamboat Shawl is a fabulous garter stitch knitting pattern where you knit every row. This women’s shawl is worked as two right angle triangles and then work off in one direction decreasing to a point. Knit in Koigu’s new Pencil Box Packs that contains ten 25-gram hanks of KPPPM totaling 870 yards. This scrumptious hand-painted, 100% Merino wool fingering weight yarn will undoubtedly get your knitting project noticed.
Hand-dyed yarns have subtle variations in colors that are natural and may vary from skein to skein. There may be differences between pictures shown and the yarn you receive. To ensure the best results for your project:
- Buy enough yarn for your entire project at one time.
- When using hand-dyed yarn in your project work two rows from one skein and two rows from another skein to give an overall blended effect.
Sizes: One Size
Finished Measurements: 54” wide and 26” deep before blocking and 67” wide and 30” deep after blocking
Yarn Requirements: Koigu KPPPM Pencil Box Set (100% Merino Wool; 25g/87yds each, 250g/870yds total) shown in [P768(A), P345(B), P820(C), P405(D), P850(E), P478(F), P818(G), P124(H) , P123A(I), P488(J)] or Pencil Pack of your choice
Needles: US 6 (4.00mm) 40” circular
Gauge: 16 sts and 28 rows = 4” in garter stitch after blocking
Koigu Dreamboat Shawl
What is Being Made
The Dreamboat Shawl is a triangular wrap designed by Taiu Landra from the Koigu Pencil Box Collection. This seamless, top-down shawl is worked flat and expands from a small cast-on to create a generous finished width of 67 inches (170 cm) after blocking, with a length of 30 inches (67 cm). The shawl features a distinctive two-triangle construction method, beginning with right angle triangles that are then worked in one direction to a point, creating an elegant and versatile accessory.
Techniques Used
The Dreamboat Shawl employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its beautiful structure:
- Seamless construction: The shawl is worked as a continuous piece without seams, creating a unified fabric
- Top-down method: Knitting begins at the top with a small number of stitches and increases progressively outward
- Worked flat: The shawl is knitted back and forth on straight needles rather than in the round
- Yarn overs for shaping: Strategic yarn overs create the increases that expand the triangular form
- Selvage techniques: The pattern recommends slipping the first stitch and purling the last stitch on each row for neat, finished edges
- Color sequencing: The shawl incorporates a structured color pattern that changes in two-row intervals, creating visual interest throughout the piece
Stitches Used
Garter stitch forms the foundation of the Dreamboat Shawl. Garter stitch is created by knitting every row, producing a reversible, textured fabric with horizontal ridges. This fundamental stitch provides excellent drape and structure for a shawl, while its simplicity allows the beautiful yarn colors to take center stage. The pattern uses yarn overs strategically placed around a center stitch to create the shawl's expanding triangular shape, with increases occurring every alternate row to maintain consistent growth throughout the piece.
Materials
The Dreamboat Shawl is crafted using Koigu KPPPM Pencil Pack yarn in the colorway "Dreamboat" (marine, blue/green, earthworks). The yarn composition is 100% Merino Wool, and the pattern requires ten demi skeins of 25 grams each (87 yards per skein, 80 meters per skein). Knitting is performed on US 6 / 4 mm needles in a 40-inch (100 cm) length or size needed to obtain the specified gauge of 16 stitches by 28 rows over 4 inches (10 cm) after blocking. The pattern uses ten distinct colors from the Koigu Pencil Box Collection, numbered #P768 through #P488, which are worked in a repeating sequence to create the shawl's color pattern.
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