Use these formulas to plug and play your desired stitch patterns into any shawl shape with ease! These are also exceptional jump-off points for budding designers who wish to take the plunge into shawl design. Knowing how to shape it will make it that much easier to achieve your goals!
A Basic Triangular shawl is the simplest of the triangular shapes. It starts in the centre with a garter stitch tab and is worked out with two right triangles. This is an isosceles triangle made of two isosceles right triangles. (An isosceles triangle has two sides of the same length).
Shawl Shaping Rule: 4 stitches increased: 2 for each triangle on every other row.
Glossary
Inc: Increase. My sample uses a yarn over for the increase, but you may choose to use whichever one-stitch increase you prefer for this shawl.
K: Knit.
PM: Place marker.
RS: Right side.
SM: Slip marker.
St(s): Stitch(es).
WS: Wrong side.
Directions
Cast on 7 stitches.
Row 1 (RS): K2, inc, k1, inc, pm, k1, pm, inc, k1, inc, k2. (4 sts inc.)
Row 2 (WS): Work across row.
Row 3: K2, inc, work to marker, inc, sm k3, sm, inc, work to last 2 sts, inc, k2. (4 sts inc.)
Row 4: Work across row.
Repeat Rows 3-4 until it has got the desired depth. Work a Stretchy Bind-off so you can block any lace into shape.