Noro Origami Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern

Noro Origami Shawl

What is Being Made

The Noro Origami Shawl is a knitted wrap designed as a bottom-up, seamless project worked flat on straight needles. This shawl measures 18¼ inches wide by 72 inches long, making it a generous rectangular wrap suitable for layering or draping.

Techniques Used

This shawl is constructed using several fundamental knitting techniques that create visual interest and texture:

• Bottom-up construction: The shawl is worked from the bottom edge upward, allowing you to try on the piece as you progress and easily adjust the final length if desired.
• Seamless, flat knitting: The entire project is worked on a single pair of straight needles without seaming, creating a clean, unified fabric.
• Pick up and knit: This technique involves picking up and knitting or purling into loops along an edge, useful for adding new sections or borders.
• Twist stitches: Right Twist (RT) and Left Twist (LT) stitches are incorporated to create decorative diagonal lines and textural elements throughout the design.
• Selvage stitches: Edge stitches are maintained to ensure clean edges that facilitate any future seaming if needed.

Stitches Used

The Noro Origami Shawl employs a variety of knitting stitches to build its structure and design:

• Garter stitch: The primary stitch used throughout the shawl, created by knitting every row. This produces a reversible, textured fabric with horizontal ridges.
• Right Twist (RT): Worked by knitting two stitches together while leaving them on the left-hand needle, then knitting the first stitch, and slipping both stitches off. This creates a right-leaning twisted stitch.
• Left Twist (LT): Executed by slipping two stitches knitwise, placing them back on the left-hand needle, then knitting the second stitch through the back loop. This produces a left-leaning twisted stitch.
• Yarn over: A decorative increase made by placing yarn over the right-hand needle to create a new stitch and an eyelet hole.
• Slip, slip, knit/purl: A centered decrease technique where two stitches are slipped knitwise individually, then worked together through their front loops.
• Slip stitch: A stitch passed from the left-hand to right-hand needle without being worked, used to create a smooth edge or transition.

Materials

The Noro Origami Shawl requires specific materials to achieve the intended finished dimensions and drape:

• Yarn: 9 skeins of Noro Silk Garden in colorway #269, with each skein weighing 50 grams. Noro Silk Garden is a premium blended yarn known for its rich, variegated color variations and luxurious fiber content.
• Needles: One pair of US size 8 (5mm) straight needles, or the size needed to obtain gauge. The pattern editor recommends using LYKKE® needles and hooks for best results.
• Gauge: 16 stitches and 28 rows measure 4 inches (10 centimeters) over garter stitch using size US 8 (5mm) needles. Checking gauge before beginning is essential to ensure the finished shawl meets the specified measurements.

Pattern Difficulty

This project is rated as Easy, making it accessible to knitters with basic stitch knowledge who are ready to explore simple texture variations and shaping techniques.