HOYA SHAWL

 

A comfortable triangular shawl full of delightful textures, Hoya was created as an easy to wear piece. This design draws its inspiration from the beautiful foliage and vining stems of hoya plants, translating their unique shapes into a pattern of intertwined cables and wrapped stitches.

Hoya Shawl is worked from tip to tip with increases along one edge for the first half of the pattern and mirrored decreases for the second. Stitch patterns include cables, wrapped and traveling stitches, and delicate faux cables along the edges. The pattern has instructions on making three different shawl sizes, but can easily be made shorter or longer to fit available yardage. Directions are both charted and written out. Videos for wrapped stitches and cabling without a cable needle are provided.

 
 

YARN

  • For a Small (Medium, Large) shawl: fingering held together with lace weight mohair or alpaca, each 430 (860, 1290) yds / 395 (790, 1180)m

  • OR worsted or DK weight yarn held single, 430 (860, 1290) yds / 395 (790, 1180)m

  • Preferably solid, heathered, or lightly tonal colorway to show textures better

  • Sample shawl yarn: Finita from We Are Knitters (70% merino, 30% alpaca; 3.5oz / 100g, 437yds / 400m), in color Salmon; Touch Me Mohair from We Are Knitters (54% baby alpaca, 24% silk, 22% kid mohair; 1.8oz / 50g, 437yds / 400m), in color Salmon

GAUGE

  • 21 sts and 26 rows in 4" / 10cm in stockinette stitch, blocked

  • 27 sts and 31 rows in 4" / 10cm in cabled pattern, blocked

  • Note that difference in gauge will affect the required yardage and the finished size of the shawl

NEEDLES

  • US 7 / 4.5mm needles (straight or on a long cable) or the size needed to obtain gauge

NOTIONS

  • Stitch markers

  • Cable needle (a tapestry needle can be used instead)

  • Tapestry needle

  • A piece of cardboard for tassels 

  • Blocking mats and pins

FINISHED SIZE Small (Medium, Large)

  • Wingspan 50.5 (73, 95)“ / 128.5 (185, 242)cm plus tassels

  • Depth at the widest point 12.6 (20.5, 28.7)“ / 32 (52, 72)cm

  • Shown in size Medium