Breiter Schal mit verkürzten Reihen aus Noro Silk Garden Sock - 16077 - Downloadable PDF

Breiter Schal mit verkürzten Reihen aus Noro Silk Garden Sock – Pattern Summary

This intermediate-level knitting pattern, available as a downloadable PDF, guides knitters through the construction of a beautifully wide, crescent-shaped shawl using the sculptural technique of short rows (verkürzte Reihen). The finished piece is an impressive 221 cm wide and 76 cm tall at the centre, making it a generous wrap suitable for year-round wear. The design is published under the Noro Magazin and is worked in the beloved Noro Silk Garden Sock yarn family, showcasing the brand's signature long colour gradients to dramatic effect.

What Is Being Made

The project is a broad, wide shawl (Breiter Schal) — a sweeping, crescent-style accessory designed to drape elegantly around the shoulders. Its generous dimensions make it more of a wrap than a traditional narrow scarf. The shaping is achieved entirely through short rows, which create the curved, crescent silhouette without any traditional bind-off shaping or seaming. The result is a fabric that fans outward from the centre, lying flat and beautifully against the body.

Yarns and Materials Used

• Main Colour (MC): Noro Silk Garden Sock Solo in colourway #S3 — 3 × 100 g skeins required.
• Contrast Colour (CC): Noro Silk Garden Sock in colourway #S8 — 2 × 100 g skeins required.
• Needle: A 4.0 mm circular needle, 80 cm long, is used throughout. The circular needle is employed for its cable length, which comfortably accommodates the large stitch count of a shawl this wide.
• Notions: Stitch markers (Maschenmarker) are required to mark key positions within the pattern.

Noro Silk Garden Sock and Noro Silk Garden Sock Solo are both 4-ply / sport weight yarns, placing them in the finer yarn category. Noro Silk Garden Sock is a celebrated blend of silk, kid mohair, and wool, known for its rich hand-painted colour transitions that shift gradually through the skein. Noro Silk Garden Sock Solo is a semi-solid companion yarn from the same family, offering a tonal, less variegated palette that complements the multi-coloured Silk Garden Sock beautifully. Together, the two colourways create a striking interplay of tonal and gradient colour across the shawl's surface.

Tension / Gauge

The pattern specifies a gauge of 17 stitches and 20 rows to a 10 cm square, measured in garter stitch on 4.0 mm needles. Achieving this gauge is important for matching the finished dimensions of 221 cm × 76 cm. Knitters are encouraged to swatch before beginning, as individual tension can vary significantly, particularly with fine silk-blend yarns.

Techniques and Stitches Used

Short Rows – Wrap and Turn (w&t)

The defining technique of this pattern is the short row method known as Wrap and Turn (w&t), referred to in the German instructions as verkürzte Reihen (Verk R). Short rows are a powerful shaping tool in knitting: rather than working across the full width of the fabric on every row, the knitter turns mid-row, leaving a portion of stitches unworked. This builds extra fabric in specific areas, creating curves, angles, and three-dimensional shaping without increases or decreases.

The pattern provides clear step-by-step instructions for working the Wrap and Turn on both the right side (Vorderseite) and the wrong side (Rückseite) of the fabric, with separate instructions given for each. The process involves:

• Step 1: Slipping the next stitch purlwise with the yarn held in the correct position (in front on the right side, behind on the wrong side).
• Step 2: Moving the yarn between the