Plymouth Yarn 3362 Shawl Wrap Knitting Pattern

Plymouth Yarn 3362 Moon Shadow Shawl

What Is Being Made

The Plymouth Yarn 3362 is a lace shawl pattern called the Moon Shadow Shawl, designed as a triangular wrap featuring elegant openwork lace construction. The finished shawl measures approximately 60 inches wide across the top edge and 28 inches deep from top to point, making it a generous accessory suitable for layering or wearing as a traditional shawlette.

Craft and Project Type

This is a knitting project specifically designed for those interested in creating shawls and wraps. The pattern is presented as a downloadable PDF from Plymouth Yarn Company, allowing crafters to work at their own pace with clear written instructions and stitch abbreviations.

Construction Techniques

The Moon Shadow Shawl employs several advanced knitting techniques that create its distinctive appearance and structure:

• Top-down construction: The shawl begins with a small cast-on of 7 stitches at the top edge and increases progressively downward, allowing the crafter to try on the shawl and determine finished size before binding off.
• Seamless construction: The entire shawl is worked as one continuous piece without seams, creating a unified fabric from cast-on to bind-off.
• Worked flat: Rather than working in the round, this shawl is worked back and forth on straight needles, with increases strategically placed to create the triangular shape.
• Lace patterning: The shawl features lace stitches created through yarn overs and decreases, producing openwork sections that provide both visual interest and drape.

Stitch Techniques and Pattern Details

The Moon Shadow Shawl uses a combination of fundamental and intermediate stitches to achieve its elegant design. The pattern begins with a simple setup phase over 7 rows, establishing the center stitch that serves as the focal point of the shawl's symmetrical design. Stitch markers are placed on either side of the center stitch to help track the shawl's expanding width.

The main pattern repeat consists of 6 rows and is worked repeatedly until the desired width is achieved. Key stitches used throughout include:

• Knit (k): The fundamental knit stitch forms the basis of the fabric.
• Purl (p): Used on wrong-side rows to create stockinette stitch texture in non-lace sections.
• Yarn over (yo): Creates the openwork holes characteristic of lace knitting; increases are made decoratively as part of the lace pattern.
• Knit two together (k2tog): A right-leaning decrease used in the lace pattern.
• Knit two together through back loop (k2togtbl): A left-leaning decrease that balances decreases on either side of the center stitch.
• Slip stitch and slip marker: Used to move stitches and track pattern placement without disrupting the fabric.
• Garter stitch: Knit every row; used for the border stitches (3 stitches on each edge) that frame the lace pattern and provide a finished edge.
• Stockinette stitch: Created by knitting right-side rows and purling wrong-side rows; forms the base fabric between lace sections.

Materials and Gauge

The Moon Shadow Shawl requires 4 balls of Plymouth Yarn Moon Shadow yarn, each weighing 50 grams, for a total of 200 grams of yarn. The pattern photograph shows the shawl worked in color 11 Sunflower Moon, though any color in the Moon Shadow line would be suitable.

The recommended gauge is 14 stitches equals 4 inches when worked over stockinette stitch, ensuring the finished shawl achieves the intended dimensions and drape. Achieving proper gauge is essential for the shawl to measure the specified 60 inches wide by 28 inches deep.

Needles and Tools

Crafters will need US size 9 needles for working the main body of the shawl. Additionally, a US size 10 needle is required exclusively for the bind-off row, worked loosely to ensure the finished edge remains elastic and does not pucker.