Miss Honey Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern

Miss Honey Shawl in Berroco Pixel

What Is Being Made

The Miss Honey Shawl is a triangular wrap designed by Donna Yacino, measuring approximately 62 inches across the top edge by 26 inches down the center after blocking. This intermediate-level knitting project creates a versatile shawl suitable for layering or wearing as a decorative wrap, worked seamlessly in one piece from the neck down.

Construction Method and Techniques

This shawl employs a top-down construction method, beginning with a garter tab foundation. The garter tab technique involves casting on a small number of stitches, knitting several rows to create garter ridges, then picking up stitches along the edges and cast-on to establish the base for the main shawl body. This method creates a neat, finished edge at the neckline without requiring seaming.

The shawl is worked in the round using a circular needle, with stitch markers placed to define distinct pattern sections. The design incorporates charted colorwork or textured patterns (Chart A and Chart B) that are worked symmetrically on either side of a garter stitch center panel. Increases are strategically placed every right-side row as indicated on the charts, allowing the triangular shawl to expand evenly from the neckline outward.

Stitches and Stitch Techniques

The Miss Honey Shawl utilizes a combination of fundamental and intermediate knitting stitches:

• Garter stitch — created by knitting every row, forms the foundation tab and the center panel
• Knit and purl stitches — basic stitches used throughout the pattern sections
• Yarn over (yo) — creates decorative eyelet holes and contributes to lace elements
• Knit front and back (kfb) — an increase stitch that adds stitches while maintaining pattern continuity
• Slip, slip, knit (SSK) — a left-leaning decrease stitch
• Knit two together (k2tog) — a right-leaning decrease stitch

The charted patterns combine these stitches to create texture and visual interest across the shawl's surface. The symmetrical increase pattern ensures the shawl maintains its triangular shape while the stitch markers help track pattern repeats and increase placements.

Yarn and Materials

This project calls for Berroco Pixel yarn, a durable and versatile fiber choice. The pattern requires 2 hanks (200 grams total) in colorway #2210 Grasshopper, providing sufficient yardage for the completed 62-inch by 26-inch shawl. A 29-inch circular needle in size 7 (4.50 mm) is used to accommodate the increasing stitch count as the shawl expands. Three stitch markers are needed to organize the pattern sections and track increases.

The recommended gauge is 18 stitches and 30 rows over 4 inches in the charted pattern after blocking, making accurate gauge swatching essential for achieving the correct finished dimensions. Blocking is recommended to even out the stitches and set the shawl's final measurements.