Heddle Shawl
The Heddle shawl is a very simple top-down shawl that’s scalable. In other words, the pattern repeat can be worked any number of times, so you can work the pattern to the length that your yarn quantity will stretch to. With a picot cast-off for that special finishing touch.
A heddle is part of a weaving loom. The stitch pattern used looks like a woven fabric, but it’s created using knit, purl and basic lace eyelets.
RECOMMENDED YARN
4ply / fingering weight yarn. Minimum quantity 365m [400 yds]
YARN USED IN SAMPLE
Malabrigo Mechita
(100g; 384m (420yds); 100% merino wool; 4ply/fingering) colourway: English Rose
Sample used: 384m (420yds).
Quantity is adjustable.
GAUGE
22 stitches by 30 rows = 10cm (4”) in stocking stitch.
Check your gauge.
SIZE
Adjustable. Sample shown –
Length 165cm (65”)
Depth 28cm (11”)
NEEDLES & ACCESSORIES
4 mm (US Size 6) 80cm (32”) circular needle (due to number of stitches) or size to obtain gauge
Darning needle
TECHNIQUES USED IN THE PATTERN:
- Knit
- Purl
- Decreases (ssk, k2tog)
- Increases (yo, kyok)
There are both images and a video tutorial for the bind-off.
The pattern has been professionally tech edited and test knitted.
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Any Shawl Collection
The Any Shawl collection contains 4 shawl patterns, Heddle, Aquill, Pordum and Raindrop Reverie.
All the shawls have the same construction that is scalable. In other words, the pattern repeat can be worked any number of times, so you can work the pattern to the length that your yarn quantity will stretch to. You can use “any” amount of yarn.
