Lang PTO51-04 Triangular Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern

Lang PTO51-04 Triangular Shawl

What Is Being Made

The Lang PTO51-04 Triangular Shawl is a knitted wrap designed as a triangular shawlette. This garment is worked flat from a single starting point and expands outward to create the characteristic triangular silhouette. The shawl is an ideal accessory for layering and draping, offering versatility in styling while providing warmth and coverage.

Techniques Used

This design incorporates multiple advanced knitting techniques to create visual interest and texture:

• Cable knitting — Twisted stitch patterns that create dimensional, rope-like textures throughout the fabric
• Lace knitting — Openwork sections created through strategic yarn overs and decreases, adding delicate, airy qualities to the shawl
• Seamless construction — The shawl is knitted as a single continuous piece with no seaming required
• Flat knitting — Worked back and forth in rows rather than in the round, allowing for the triangular shaping

Stitches Used

The pattern employs fundamental knitting stitches combined in sophisticated arrangements:

• Knit stitches — The primary stitch forming the fabric base
• Purl stitches — Used to create textural contrast and definition
• Yarn overs — Deliberate increases that form the lace motifs and decorative holes
• Decreases — Including slip-stitch decreases and knit-two-together reductions to shape the garment and balance yarn overs
• Cable crosses — Stitches worked from auxiliary needles to create the twisted cable effects

The pattern features a 24-row repeat structure, allowing knitters to establish rhythm and consistency throughout the project.

Materials

The Lang PTO51-04 pattern is designed to be worked with yarn and needles appropriate to the specific yarn weight recommended by Lang Yarns. All measurements in the pattern are provided in metric centimeters (cm), ensuring precision in sizing and gauge. Knitters will require standard knitting needles and may need auxiliary needles for cable work, depending on their preferred cable-working method.

This downloadable PDF pattern from Lang Yarns is available through their pattern shop at www.patternshop.langyarns.com and represents the intellectual property of LANG & Co. AG, based in Reiden, Switzerland.