Lana Grossa Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Shawl in Linea Pura A Mano

What is Being Made

This is a triangular shawl measuring approximately 94 x 94 cm (excluding fringe), designed as Design 05 from Filati Handstrick 71. The shawl features a decorative fringe along the edges and is worked from the cast-on edge upward to create a classic triangular silhouette with a pointed bottom corner.

Techniques Used

This shawl employs several key knitting techniques to achieve its elegant construction:

• Bottom-up construction: The shawl is worked from the cast-on edge upward, allowing the lace pattern to develop progressively as rows are added.
• Seamless, flat knitting: The entire piece is worked flat on circular needles without seaming, creating a continuous fabric from start to finish.
• Lace knitting: The pattern incorporates charted lace motifs that create openwork sections throughout the design, adding visual interest and drape.
• Strategic decreases: Decreases are worked at the right edge as established by the pattern, shaping the triangular form while maintaining the lace pattern integrity.
• Fringe finishing: A handmade fringe is attached using a crochet hook, with strands folded and secured through the fabric at specific intervals along all edges.

Stitches Used

The shawl utilizes fundamental knitting stitches combined in a charted lace pattern. Knit and purl stitches form the base of the fabric, while the lace pattern (indicated by the chart) creates openwork sections. Selvage stitches are worked at the beginning and end of rows—knit 1 at the row beginning and slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front at the row end—to create neat, finished edges. The pattern requires reading a detailed chart that distinguishes right-side rows (numbered at the right edge) from wrong-side rows (lettered and numbered at the left edge), with a pattern repeat section marked in grey on the chart.

Materials

The shawl is constructed using 200 grams of Lana Grossa A Mano, a yarn composed of 100% organic cotton with a yardage of 110 meters per 50-gram ball. The yarn is available in multiple sophisticated colorways including Berry, Rosewood, Antique Violet, Grey-Brown, Grey-Green, and Olive (the pattern specifies color 2). Size 6 mm circular needles are required in two lengths—an 80 cm needle for the initial cast-on and a shorter 100 cm needle for later rows as the stitch count decreases. A size 6 mm crochet hook is used exclusively for attaching the fringe during finishing. The recommended gauge is 13.5 stitches and 16.5 rows over 10 x 10 cm when working the charted pattern on size 6 mm needles.