Product Description
Hani is a classic top-down triangular shawl sprinkled all over with delicate eyelets and finished off with a picot edge. This was such a calming knit I reached over and over until I was all done and could wrap myself in the resulting fluid fabric.
Hani Shawl by Kavitha Raman
What Is Being Made
The Hani Shawl is a classic top-down triangular shawl designed by independent designer Kavitha Raman. This knitted accessory features delicate eyelet lace patterning throughout the body and is finished with a picot edging. The shawl's name, "Hani," means "drop" in Kannada, a South Indian language, reflecting the designer's inspiration about how small efforts and humble beginnings accumulate into something substantial and meaningful.
Finished Measurements
- Wingspan: 55 inches / 140 centimeters
- Depth: 25.5 inches / 65 centimeters
Knitting Techniques and Stitches
The Hani Shawl employs top-down construction, a popular method for triangular shawls that allows knitters to easily adjust the final size by continuing to knit additional rows. The primary stitch pattern features eyelet lace worked across the entire body of the shawl. Eyelets are small decorative holes created by yarn overs and corresponding decreases, producing an open, delicate fabric with an airy appearance. The shawl is completed with a picot edging, a decorative finish that creates a scalloped or beaded edge along the perimeter.
This design is classified as beginner-friendly, making it an accessible project for knitters new to lace work. The repetitive nature of the eyelet pattern allows knitters to develop rhythm and consistency while creating a visually striking finished garment.
Yarn and Materials
The Hani Shawl requires 487 yards (445 meters) of fingering weight yarn, also known as 4-ply weight. The sample was knitted using Little Skein in the Big Wool Smooth Sock, a fingering weight yarn composed of 80% superwash merino and 20% nylon. This fiber blend provides durability, softness, and easy care properties. The sample yardage per skein is 400 yards (366 meters) per 115 grams (4 ounces), with the sample shown in the colorway Blue Chris.
Knitters will need needles appropriate for fingering weight yarn and the specific stitch gauge required by the pattern, along with basic knitting notions such as stitch markers and a tapestry needle for weaving in ends.
```Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | 4 Ply |
| Pages: | 0 |
| Designer: | Kavitha Raman |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Notes: | 487 yards / 445 m of fingering weight yarn. |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Beginner |
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