Deco Shawl

Deco Shawl by Sophie Wire

What is Being Made

The Deco Shawl is a triangular lace shawlette designed for intermediate knitters. This downloadable knitting pattern creates a finished piece measuring 170cm (67 inches) wide and 65cm (26 inches) at its deepest point, making it an elegant accessory suitable for layering or wearing as a wrap.

Craft and Primary Technique

This is a knitting project worked in the lace weight category. The shawl is constructed using top-down triangular shaping, a classic technique for creating geometric shawl designs. The pattern employs charted instructions alongside written row-by-row guidance, with the note that wrong-side rows are worked as instructed for Row 2 rather than being individually charted, streamlining the pattern presentation for intermediate-level knitters.

Stitches and Techniques Used

The Deco Shawl incorporates fundamental lace-knitting stitches and shaping methods:

• Yarn overs (yo) – used to create the characteristic openwork and decorative holes typical of lace shawls
• Knit front and back (kfb) – an increase technique used during the set-up and early rows to establish the triangular foundation
• Knit two together (k2tog) – a right-leaning decrease used to maintain stitch count and create balanced lace patterning
• Purl stitches – worked on wrong-side rows to create texture and structure

The pattern uses both charted and written instructions, allowing knitters to follow either visual or text-based guidance depending on their preference. The shawl begins with a small cast-on of just 2 stitches and increases progressively through the set-up rows and main pattern repeats to reach its full triangular dimensions.

Materials

The Deco Shawl pattern calls for Manos Marina yarn, a superwash merino wool blend offering 800 meters (875 yards) per 100-gram skein. One 100-gram skein in colorway MA9311 Sweet Pea is required to complete the project. Knitters will need 3.25mm (US size #3) circular needles measuring at least 80cm in length, with a stitch marker to track pattern repeats. The needle size should be verified against the pattern's tension requirements to ensure proper drape and finished dimensions of the completed shawl.