Pacific Lace Triangular Shawl with Lace Pattern in Gründl - Downloadable PDF

Pacific Lace Triangular Shawl with Lace Pattern by Gründl – Free Knitting Pattern Summary

This free downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Gründl guides knitters through creating a beautiful triangular shawl worked in a lace net pattern. The finished shawl is a generous, wearable accessory with an elegant open-work texture, making it suitable as a lightweight wrap, scarf alternative, or decorative layer for any season. The pattern is rated beginner level, making it an accessible introduction to lace knitting for those who are comfortable with basic knit and purl stitches and ready to try simple yarn-over increases.

What Is Being Made

The project is a triangular shawl — also described as a Dreieckstuch in the original German instructions. The shawl grows outward from a single cast-on stitch at the bottom point, expanding symmetrically upward to form a wide, graceful triangle. The finished dimensions are approximately 90 cm in height (measured from the bottom point to the top edge) and approximately 170 cm in width along the top edge, making it a large and versatile wrap.

Yarn and Materials

• Yarn: Pacific Lace by Gründl — a lightweight 3-ply yarn with a luxurious blended fiber content of 80% Polyacrylic, 10% Wool, and 10% Alpaca. Each skein contains 100 g / 550 m, making it an excellent choice for delicate lace projects.
• Colorway used in the pattern: col. 01 (ocean print), a multi-tonal colorway that complements the open lace structure beautifully.
• Yarn quantity: Approximately 200 g (roughly two skeins) are required to complete the shawl.
• Needles: A circular needle in size 4.0 mm to 4.5 mm is recommended. Circular needles are used here not to knit in the round, but to accommodate the large number of stitches as the shawl grows in width — a common and practical technique for large flat lace projects.

Tension / Gauge

The stated tension for this pattern is 19 stitches and 36 rows to 10 cm × 10 cm, measured over the lace pattern using 4.0 mm needles. As with all lace projects, achieving the correct gauge ensures the finished shawl matches the intended dimensions. Knitters are encouraged to swatch and adjust needle size as needed.

Stitches and Techniques Used

• Lace Net Pattern (Netzmuster): The primary stitch pattern of the shawl, worked according to a charted stitch diagram. The chart shows only right-side (RS) rows; on wrong-side (WS) rows, all stitches and yarn-overs are purled unless otherwise indicated. The pattern begins with rows 1–32, after which rows 25–32 are repeated continuously. The pattern repeat is clearly marked in grey on the chart for easy reference.
• Garter Stitch (Kraus rechts): Used as a border detail, with all stitches knitted on both right-side and wrong-side rows. The final six rows of the shawl are worked in garter stitch to create a neat, stable top edge.
• Selvedge Stitches (Knötchenrandmaschen): A specific edge treatment is used throughout — at the beginning of each row, the first stitch is slipped knitwise; at the end of each row, the last stitch is knitted. This creates a tidy, uniform edge along both sides of the triangular shawl.
• kf&b Increase: A knit-front-and-back increase is used to shape the shawl. This involves knitting into the front of the next stitch without dropping it off the left needle, then taking the right needle to the back and knitting through the back loop of the same stitch before slipping it off. This technique adds one stitch and is used to build the triangular shape row by row.
• Yarn-overs (YO): Integral to the lace net pattern, yarn-overs create the decorative eyelets and openwork holes that give the shawl its airy,