Shawl with Crochet Edge in Schachenmayr Wool 85 - S9200A - Downloadable PDF

Schachenmayr Wool 85 Shawl with Crochet Edge – Pattern Summary (S9200A)

This free downloadable PDF pattern from Schachenmayr guides you through creating a beautiful triangular shawl with a decorative crochet border, known in the original German as a Dreiecktuch mit Häkelborte. The design cleverly combines two crafts — knitting for the main body and crochet for the finishing edge — making it an excellent project for crafters who enjoy working with both techniques. The finished shawl measures approximately 150 cm x 43 cm, with the crochet border adding around 9 cm of additional width.

What Is Being Made

The finished item is a triangular shawl worked in a lightweight, airy stitch pattern. The triangular shape is achieved by casting on a large number of stitches and then systematically decreasing stitches at one edge on every row, gradually tapering the fabric to a point. The knitted body is then framed with a separately worked crochet border that is shaped to follow the angled edges and the tip of the triangle, giving the shawl a polished, elegant finish. The combination of the knitted body and the crocheted lace-style edging creates a garment that is both lightweight and visually textured, ideal for wearing as a wrap or accessory in cooler weather.

Materials Required

• Yarn: 300 g of Schachenmayr Wool 85 in shade 00221 maracuja — an aran weight yarn that knits up softly and with good drape
• Knitting needles: Milward 7 mm straight knitting needles
• Crochet hook: 4.5 mm crochet hook for the border
• Tapestry needle: A wool needle for weaving in ends

The choice of 7 mm knitting needles — slightly larger than the yarn weight might typically call for — is intentional. The pattern notes that this needle size is used specifically so that the shawl falls lightly and softly, producing an open, fluid fabric with excellent drape.

Knitting Techniques Used

Cast-On Method

The shawl begins with a double-strand cross cast-on (doppelfädiger Kreuzanschlag), a traditional German cast-on technique that creates a firm, elastic edge. A total of 213 stitches are cast on to begin the full width of the triangle.

Stitch Pattern – Small Seed Stitch (Kleines Perlmuster)

The main body of the shawl is worked in a stitch pattern called Kleines Perlmuster, which translates as Small Seed Stitch or Small Pearl Pattern. This is a classic reversible texture stitch created by alternating knit and purl stitches in a specific offset arrangement:

• Row 1 (right side): Alternate 1 knit stitch, 1 purl stitch across the row
• Following rows: Stitches are offset so that knit stitches fall above purl stitches and vice versa, creating the characteristic pebbly, textured surface

Seed stitch is beloved in knitting for its flat, non-curling fabric, making it especially well-suited to shawls and scarves where a clean, stable edge is desirable without the need for additional border stitches.

Shaping – Edge Decreases

The triangular shape is formed by working decreases at the row end on every single row — both right-side and wrong-side rows. The decrease method used is a double decrease using slip stitches: two stitches are slipped as if to knit, the edge stitch is knitted, and then the slipped stitches are passed over. This creates a neat, directional decrease that keeps the edge tidy. After 105 rows (approximately 43 cm), only