Knitted Sketch Shawl
Oh, let's talk about the delightful Knitted Sketch Shawl! This cozy and stylish accessory is a must-have for any fashion lover. The intricate knitted design adds a touch of elegance to any outfit, making you feel like a true fashionista. Whether you're dressing up for a special occasion or just adding a chic touch to your everyday look, this shawl will have you feeling fabulous and cozy all at once. It's the perfect way to stay warm and fashionable, plus it's so versatile you can wear it in countless ways. Trust me, once you wrap yourself in the Knitted Sketch Shawl, you'll never want to take it off!
Materials:
- 6 skeins of Purl Soho’s Estuary, 65% fine merino wool, 20% mulberry silk and 15% linen. Each skein of this fingering-weight yarn is 384 yards/ 100 grams; approximately 2170 total yards required. We used the color Blue Tourmaline.
- US 4 (3.5 mm), 16- or 24-inch circular knitting needles
- Stitch marker
- Scrap yarn
GAUGE
26 stitches and 52 rows (26 ridges) = 4 inches in garter stitch
SIZE
Finished Dimensions: 40 x 40 inches square, with a hypotenuse of 56½ inches when folded
Finished Square Dimensions: 4 inches square
NOTES
GARTER RIDGE
A “garter ridge” equals two rows of garter stitch. It looks like a prominent horizontal ridge and is an easy way to count rows!
PICKING UP STITCHES
To create the cleanest pick-up edge, insert the needle between garter ridges.
WEAVING IN TAILS AS YOU GO
To spare yourself weaving in dozens and dozens of tails, each time you rejoin yarn, we recommend knitting in the new tail as you pick up stitches. Here’s how…
Bring the tail over the working yarn at the wrong side of the work and knit the next stitch (“trapping” the tail with the working yarn), then drop the tail and knit the next stitch as normal. Continue knitting in the tail every other stitch for an inch or two.
SCHEMATIC
NOTE: The instructions for Squares A–J are all different. The pattern explains them all!
PATTERN
COLUMN 1
SQUARE A
Cast on 26 stitches. We used a basic Long Tail Cast On.
NOTE: Place a removable stitch marker or scrap yarn on first row to indicate wrong side.
Knit every row until there are 26 garter ridges on right side, ending with a wrong-side row.
Cut yarn.
SQUARE B
With right side facing you, slide previous square’s stitches to right tip of circular needles, then cast 26 stitches onto right tip of same needles (to the left of previous square’s stitches). [52 total stitches]
Set-Up Row (wrong side): K25, place marker (pm), slip slip knit (ssk) to join current working square and previous square, turn work. [51 stitches remain]
Row 1 (right side): K1, slip marker (sm), knit to end of row.
Row 2 (wrong side): Knit to marker, sm, ssk, turn work. [1 stitch decreased]
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until all stitches from previous square have been joined to new square, ending with Row 2 and removing marker on last row. [26 stitches remain]
Slip stitches onto scrap yarn.
Cut yarn.
SQUARE C
With right side facing you, turn work 90 degrees clockwise so left selvage of previous square is at the top.
Rejoining yarn and weaving in tail as you go (see Notes), pick up and knit (see Notes) 26 stitches along left selvage, starting just below last garter ridge and ending between first garter ridge and cast-on edge.
Knit every row until there are 26 garter ridges on right side, ending with a wrong-side row.
Cut yarn.
CONTINUE
Continue to work and attach squares according to Schematic (see Notes), alternating repeats of Squares B and C until you have 10 squares total, ending with a Square B.
COLUMN 2
SQUARE D
With right side facing you, rejoining yarn and weaving in tail as you go, pick up and knit 26 stitches along right selvage of first square, starting between cast-on edge and first garter ridge.**
Knit every row until there are 26 garter ridges on right side, ending with a wrong-side row.
Slip stitches onto scrap yarn.
Cut yarn.
SQUARE E
With right side facing you, turn work 90 degrees clockwise so left selvage of previous square is at the top.
Slip on-hold stitches from adjacent square (the square to the left of the one you are about to work) to circular needles and slide work so needle tip is at yarn tails.
With other end of circular needles and starting just below last garter ridge, rejoin yarn and pick up and knit 26 stitches along left selvage edge of previous square, weaving in tail as you go, and ending between cast-on edge and first garter ridge; slip last picked-up stitch to left needle tip, knit 2 together (k2tog) to join current working square to adjacent square, turn work. [51 total stitches; 26 stitches on right needle, 25 stitches on left needle]
Set-Up Row (wrong side): K1, pm, knit to end of row.
Row 1 (right side): Knit to marker, sm, k2tog, turn. [1 stitch decreased]
Row 2 (wrong side): K1, sm, knit to end of row. **
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until all stitches from adjacent square have been decreased, ending with Row 2 and removing marker on last row. [26 stitches remain]
Cut yarn and leave stitches on needles.
SQUARE F
With right side facing you, turn work 90 degrees counterclockwise so right selvage of adjacent square is at top.
Slide previous square’s stitches so needle tip is at opposite end of yarn tail.
With same needle tip and starting just before first garter ridge, rejoin yarn and pick up and knit 26 stitches along right selvage of adjacent square, weaving in tail as you go. [52 total stitches]
Set-Up Row (wrong side): K25, pm, ssk to join current square to previous one, turn work. [51 stitches remain]
Row 1 (right side): K1, sm, knit to end of row.
Row 2 (wrong side): Knit to marker, sm, ssk, turn work. [1 stitch decreased] **
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until all stitches from previous square have been decreased, ending with Row 2 and removing marker on last row. [26 stitches remain]
Slip stitches onto scrap yarn.
Cut yarn.
CONTINUE
Continue to work and attach squares according to Schematic, alternating repeats of Squares E and F until you have 9 squares in column, ending with a Square F.
SQUARE G
Work as for Square E up to **.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until all 26 stitches from adjacent square have been decreased, ending with Row 1. [26 stitches remain]
With wrong side facing you, bind off as follows…
Bind Off Row (wrong side): Slip 1 purlwise with yarn in front, remove marker, k1, pass slipped stitch over, *k1, pass first stitch over second, repeat from * to end of row.
Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.
COLUMN 3
SQUARE H
With right side facing you, slip on-hold stitches from first square of previous column to circular needles, and slide them so the yarn tail is at the needle tip.
With other end of needles, cast on 26 stitches, slip last cast-on stitch to left needle, k2tog, and turn work. [51 total stitches; 26 stitches on right needle, 25 stitches on left needle]
Work remainder of square as for Square E, beginning with Set-Up Row.
CONTINUE
Continue to work and attach squares according to Schematic, alternating repeats of Square F and Square E until you have 10 squares in Column 3, ending with a Square F.
COLUMNS 4–9
Repeat Columns 2 and 3 three more times, until you have 9 total columns.
COLUMN 10
SQUARE I
Work as for Square D up to **.
Knit every row until there are 25 garter ridges on the right side, ending with a right-side row.
With wrong side facing you, bind off knitwise to end of row.
Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.
NEXT SQUARE
Work as for Square E.
SQUARE J
Work as for Square F up to **.
Repeat Rows 1 and 2 until there are 25 garter ridges on the right side, ending with Row 1. [26 stitches remain]
Bind Off Row (wrong side): Bind off knitwise to stitch marker, remove marker, ssk, bind off remaining stitch.
Cut yarn and pull through remaining stitch.
CONTINUE
Continue to work and attach squares according to Schematic, alternating repeats of Square E and Square J until you have 9 squares in Column 10, ending with a Square J.
LAST SQUARE
Work as for Square G.
FINISHING
Weave in remaining ends and gently wet block.