Wrap yourself in warmth with this lovely shawl. A simple heart design wraps around the hemline of this garment, and garter stitch bands frame the front.
LOOM: 28” Loom (168 pegs)
YARN: Approx 1050 yards of worsted weight merino wool. Malabrigo Rios, merino wool in Ravelry color way was used in the sample.
NOTIONS: knitting tool, tapestry needle
OTHER: 1 Button, size 1”
GAUGE: 22 sts x 27 rows=4 inches in stockinette
SIZE: Approx 23” long x 43” wide
ABBREVIATIONS
k=knit stitch (the u-stitch was used in sample)
p=purl stitch
st(s)=stitches
k2tog=knit two stitches together, right slanting decrease
yo=yarn over (place working yarn in front of empty peg)
ssk=knit two stitches together, left slanting decrease
cdd= centered double decrease on a loom. Over 3 pegs. Move loop from peg 1 to peg 2. Take yarn behind peg 1 and 2, knit peg 3. Move loop from peg 3 to peg 2. Lift bottommost 2 loops off peg 2.
Stitch Patterns
Heart stitch (chart at end of pattern)
Note: chart has the key for CDD as sl 1, k2tog psso
Row 1: k4, ssk, yo, k4; rep from * to last st, k1
Row 2: k to end of row (all even rows)
Row 3: *k4, yo, CDD, yo, k3; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 5: *yo, k2tog, k2, ssk, yo, k2; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 7: *yo, k2tog, k3, ssk, yo, k1; rep from * to last st, k1
Row 9: *k1, yo, k2tog, k5, ssk, yo; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 11: *k1, yo, ssk, k1, ssk, yo, k2, k2tog, yo; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 13: *k2, yo, CDD, yo, k1, yo, CDD, yo, k1; rep from * to last st, k1.
Row 14: k to end of row.
Garter stitch
Row 1: k to end of row.
Row 2: p to end of row.
Row 1 and Row 2: 1 Garter stitch ridge.
INSTRUCTIONS
Cast on 167 pegs, prepare to work a flat panel.
Row 1, 3, 5, 7, 9: k to end of row.
Row 2, 4, 6, 8: p to end of row.
Row 10: p3, k161, p3 (all even rows).
Row 11: k3, *k4, ssk, yo, k4; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 13: k3, *k4, yo, CDD, yo, k3; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 15: k3, *yo, k2tog, k2, ssk, yo, k2; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 17: k2, *yo, k2tog, k3, ssk, yo, k1; rep from * to last 4 sts; k4.
Row 19: k3, *k1, yo, k2tog, k5, ssk, yo; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 21: k3, *k1, yo, ssk, k1, ssk, yo, k2, k2tog, yo; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 23: k3, *k2, yo, CDD, yo, k1, yo, CDD, yo, k1; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Row 24: p3, k161, p3.
Row 25: k to end.
^Rep Row 24 and Row 25: 43 more times
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
**Next row: p3, k161, p3.
Next row: k to end.**
Rep from ** to ** 4 more times.
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Rep from ** to **: 4 times.
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Rep from ** to **: 3 times.
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Rep from ** to **: 2 times.
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Rep from ** to **: 1 time.
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Transfer all the stitches to a piece of scrap yarn. You will be using 86 pegs from this point forward.
Place the stitches back on the knitting loom as follows: the first three stitches, a stitch per peg. The next 160 stitches, 2 stitches per peg (80 stitches). The last 4 stitches, place 2 stitches on the next peg, and a stitch per peg on the following two pegs. Your knitting loom should have single stitches on pegs 1-3, and pegs 85 and 86, all the other pegs should have 2 stitches per peg.
Next row: k to end. Treat the pegs with two loops as one loop.
Next row: p to end.
***Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end. ***
Rep from *** to ***: 3 more times.
Bind off with basic bind off method. Weave all ends in. Steam block to open up the lace stitches in the heart pattern.
Garter stitch bands
Cast on 20 sts, prepare to work a flat panel.
Work 78 garter stitch ridges.
Next row: *k2tog; rep from * to end of row.
Next row: p to end.
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Next row: (button hole opening row) k3, k2tog, yo, k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Next row: k to end.
Next row: p to end.
Bind off with basic bind off method.
Make another Garter Stitch Band as instructed above, except, instead of working the button hole opening row as instructed, simply “knit to the end of the row).
Assembly
Position the narrower edge of the Garter stitch bands around the bind off edge of the shawl. Using the mattress stitch, seam the Garter Stitch bands to each side of the shawl.
Secure button to the Garter Stitch Band that does not have a button hole opening (be sure to line up the button hole opening to the button).
Tips: if you want to make the shawl longer: simply follow Rows 1-23 as stated. Work more rows of Row 24 and Row 25, where this symbol ^ is located in the pattern.
If making it longer, the Garter Stitch Bands must be longer too. Count the Garter stitch ridges on the shawl (the edge stitches created a garter stitch edge), and match the number of garter stitch ridges on the shawl onto the Garter Stitch Band.
Have questions or comments, please feel free to contact Isela Phelps by leaving a comment below.
I don’t understand what are garter stitch ridges
Where the pattern says work78 garter stitch ridges and th directions on how to make it longer
Can you clarify this for me in some way?
Also there is a *K2tog*;rep from*
Should there be a yo there?
Ginny, what number is this row?
Ginny,
At the beginning of the pattern, it has a description of how to create a garter stitch ridge:
Row 1: k to end of row.
Row 2: p to end of row.
These two rows create 1 garter stitch ridge.
The Bands at the front of the Wrap are created in Garter Stitch. What you are doing is basically the following:
Row 1 and all odd rows until you reach row 155: k to end of row.
Row 2 and all even rows until you reach row 156: p to end of row.
The above instructions should give you 78 garter stitch ridges.
Hope the above helps.
The row is after it say to work 78 garter stitch rows
Also question why does this have to be done with garter stitch bands?
No, that row does not have YO. You are decreasing from 20 sts to 10 sts.
Why the garter stitch bands? That is the way I designed it. I wanted the front to have these bands. Also, the width of the Wrap is too small without them.
Thank you so much i am new to loom knitting
Now I feel ready to start
The shawl is gorgeous
I just hope I can make it
Thanks for all the help
Sorry me again
I need to understand the CDD-centered double decrease
The explanation indicates
Over 3 pegs
Move loop from peg 1 to peg 2
Take yarn behind peg 1 and 2
Knit peg 3
Move loop from peg 3 to peg 2
Lift bottommost 2 loops off peg 2
The pattern has
Yo,CDD,yo
Question-When you lift buttommost 2 loops off peg (leaving 1 stitch still on peg 2 -the stitch brought over from peg 3 correct?)
Then do you go ack to peg 1 and put yarn over then knit peg 2 then yarn over peg 3 then continue with rest of pattern
Is there avideo on this or can there be one?
How do you do a CDD?
Ginny, the description for a CDD is above, by the abbreviations.
I think I have a video of the CDD but not with the YO next to it.
This is the way I would do it:
3 2 1
Ewrap the peg to the right of peg 1.
Move loop from peg 1 to peg 2. Take yarn behind peg 2, knit peg 3.
Move loop from peg 3 over to peg 2. Lift bottommost loops off peg 2.
Move the ewrap you placed on the peg to the right of peg 1 to the empty peg 1. Working yarn is at peg 2. Ewrap peg 3.
You should have an ewrap on peg 1, one loop on peg 2, ewrap on peg 3.
Hope the above helps.
Lift buttommost loom off peg 2
I need clarification
Does that mean knit them over peg leaving 1 loop on peg?
Or
Does it mean take top loop off take 2 loops off and return top loop on to peg?
Or
Does it mean something else?
Thank you once again for your help
You lift them off, also known as knitting over, leaving only 1 loop on the peg. Simply go to the peg, lift the bottommost two loops up and off the peg. If you are on Facebook, we have a FB group where we are discussing this wrap and we have file on the stitch breakdown. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1278218605557139/
Beautiful, beautiful pattern and thanks for sharing. love love
What method of cast on do you use.
Hello,
Could you tell me what the best way to make this wider would be? My mother in law is a much bigger woman than the girl modeling this cape, but she fell in love with it.
Any help is appreciated
This might sound silly-but where do you start the heart pattern?
The heart stitch pattern starts on row 11 of the pattern.
Mary, I used the ewrap cast on. I use the tightening technique to tighten the cast on when I have completed the project.
Thank you!
Hi Deb,
The easiest way to widen it would be to create two pieces of the main panel, the area that says Cast on 167 sts, but instead of casting on 167 sts, cast on 161 sts, omitting the first 3 sts and the last 3 sts that are done in garter stitch. Create two of those panels, seam them together. Create the garter stitch bands as instructed. This will create an item that is twice as wide.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for the video Isela
It makes things clearer for a newbie
Much thanks
I have braindead, Could you please explain this.
Row 11: k3, *k4, ssk, yo, k4; rep from * to last 4 sts, k4.
Just the rep from *to last 4 sts, k4
I have skip around and just picked out one that is used a lot.
Thanks! appreciate it.