Lana Grossa Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern

Lana Grossa Shawl in Cool Wool Lace – Design 23

What is Being Made

This is a triangular shawl worked from the center outward, creating an elegant wrap measuring approximately 50 x 153 cm. The shawl is designed as a versatile accessory piece that combines delicate lace patterning with a structured silhouette, suitable for layering or wearing as a traditional shawl.

Techniques Used

The Lana Grossa Shawl employs several advanced knitting techniques to achieve its sophisticated design:

• Lace knitting: The primary construction method features intricate lace patterning worked from a charted design, creating openwork sections throughout the garment
• Worked flat using circular needles: The shawl begins with a provisional cast-on method and is worked in the round using two size 3.5 mm circular needles (each 80 cm long) until sufficient stitches accumulate for single circular needle work
• Center-out construction: Starting from a small cast-on of 268 stitches at the center, the shawl expands outward through strategic increases positioned before and after corner stitches on alternating rounds
• Garter stitch edging: The final border is worked in garter stitch in the round (alternating knit and purl rounds) with continued corner increases, providing a finished edge
• Blocking and finishing: The completed shawl requires careful blocking to measurements and weaving in of ends for a polished appearance

Stitches Used

The pattern incorporates a range of fundamental and decorative stitches:

• Knit (k) and purl (p) stitches: Basic construction stitches forming the foundation of the fabric
• Yarn overs (yo): Create the openwork lace effect and decorative holes throughout the pattern
• Decreases: K2tog (knit two together), skp (slip, knit, pass slipped stitch over), and s2kp (slip 2 stitches together, knit 1, pass slipped stitches over) create the lace motifs and shape the fabric
• Make one right (M1R): Increases worked before and after corner stitches on every alternating round, resulting in 520 total stitches increased (65 stitches each before and after each corner stitch)
• K1 corner stitches: Marked stitches that serve as reference points for increases and shaping
• K3tog tbl (knit three together through back loop): Advanced decrease used within the lace chart pattern

Materials

Yarn: The shawl requires 200 grams of Lana Grossa Cool Wool Lace, a luxury yarn composed of 100% extrafine Merino wool with a yardage of 400 meters per 50 grams. The pattern specifies Salmon (color 21) for the photographed sample.

Needles and notions: Two size 3.5 mm circular needles, each 80 cm in length, are required for working the shawl in the round. Four stitch markers are used to denote corner stitches throughout construction.

Gauge and Pattern Details

The pattern is worked to a gauge of 26 stitches and 46 rows measuring 10 x 10 cm in the charted lace pattern on size 3.5 mm needles. The lace repeat consists of a multiple of 24 stitches plus 4 additional stitches. Chart rounds 3 through 130 are worked once, with all uncharted rounds worked in stockinette stitch (knitting all stitches and yarn overs). The chart is read from right to left on all rounds, with round numbers indicated at the right edge of the pattern.