Ecru Top in Rowan Cotton Cashmere - RM004-00007-DE - Downloadable PDF

Ecru Top in Rowan Cotton Cashmere

What is Being Made

This is a shoulder wrap or shawlette designed by Jen Geigley and published by Rowan. The finished piece measures 56 cm wide by 196 cm long at its widest point, making it a generous shoulder accessory suitable for layering or wearing as a lightweight wrap. The design is worked in a classic ecru colorway (photographed in Rowan Cotton Cashmere shade 226).

Craft and Techniques

This is a knitting project classified as intermediate difficulty. The pattern employs a combination of fundamental and intermediate knitting techniques to create the shawlette's structure. The design incorporates stitch pattern charting, allowing knitters to follow a visual representation of the stitches across 56 rows of the main pattern repeat. The construction uses marker placement to track specific stitches throughout the work, with color-coded markers (blue, red, and green) used to identify key stitch positions for shaping and pattern alignment.

Stitches Used

The pattern utilizes several essential knitting stitches:

• Stockinette stitch (glatt rechts gestrichen) – the primary fabric structure, created by alternating knit rows on the right side with purl rows on the wrong side
• Knit stitches (rechts) – worked throughout the pattern
• Purl stitches (links) – used to create texture and pattern variation
• Slip stitches (abh) – worked at the beginning of rows for a finished edge
• Decrease stitches (zusammengefasst) – used for shaping, including knit two together decreases (2 M re zus-str)

Materials

The pattern calls for Rowan Cotton Cashmere yarn in the DK weight category. A total of 5 balls of 50g is required (250g total yardage). The recommended needles are 4 mm (US 6) straight or circular needles. The gauge is 20 stitches and 28 rows over 10 x 10 cm when worked in stockinette stitch on 4 mm needles, which is essential to achieve the correct finished dimensions.