25 Shawl in Lana Grossa Silkhair - Downloadable PDF

Pattern Summary: Lana Grossa Silkhair Design 25 Shawl (Accessories 19)

This free downloadable PDF knitting pattern from Lana Grossa guides knitters through the construction of a beautifully proportioned triangular shawl. Finished at an impressive 140 cm wide and 43 cm long, this is a generous, wrap-worthy accessory that works equally well as a shoulder shawl or a lightweight scarf. The design is listed as Design 25 from the Accessories 19 collection by Lana Grossa.

What Is Being Made

The finished project is a large triangular shawl, knitted flat and shaped through strategic yarn-over increases and marker-guided shaping. The result is a delicate, airy fabric with a soft drape — perfectly suited to the luxurious fiber content of the specified yarn. The shawl is worked from the center top down to the wide lower edge, building outward with each right-side row.

Materials Used

• Yarn: Lana Grossa Silkhair — a blend of 70% superkid mohair and 30% silk, with a yardage of 210 meters per 25 grams. The pattern calls for 50 grams in Dark Orange (colorway 136). Silkhair is a fine, halo-rich yarn known for its incredible softness, subtle sheen from the silk content, and lightweight warmth from the mohair.
• Needles: Size 5 mm circular needles in two lengths — an 80 cm cord and a 120 cm cord. The shorter needle is used to begin the shawl, with the longer needle introduced as the stitch count grows through the shaping process.

Gauge

The pattern specifies a gauge of 17 stitches and 29 rows to 10 x 10 cm in stockinette stitch on size 5 mm needles. Achieving the correct gauge is important for hitting the stated finished dimensions of 140 cm wide by 43 cm long.

Techniques Used

• Top-down triangular shawl construction — the shawl begins with just 3 cast-on stitches and grows outward through consistent increases on right-side rows.
• Yarn-over (yo) increases — used extensively along the edges and at marked stitch positions to create the triangular silhouette and to add decorative openwork detail to the fabric.
• M1R (Make 1 Right) increases — introduced in the later rows of the pattern alongside yarn-overs for refined shaping near the bind-off edge.
• Stitch markers — two stitches are marked (the 5th and 9th stitches) early in the pattern to guide the placement of paired increases throughout the body of the shawl.
• Circular needle technique for flat knitting — the circular needles are used to accommodate the growing stitch count while still knitting back and forth in rows, not in the round.
• Blocking — the finishing instructions specify pinning the piece to measurements and blocking, which is especially important with mohair and silk yarns to open up the lace-like yarn-over details and achieve the full finished dimensions.
• Weaving in ends — the pattern calls for carefully weaving in all ends before blocking.
• Loose bind-off — a deliberately loose bind-off is specified to ensure the lower edge of the shawl remains stretchy and does not pucker.

Stitches Used

• Stockinette stitch (St st) — knit on right-side rows, purl on wrong-side rows; forms the main body fabric of the shawl.
• Garter stitch — knit every row; referenced in the stitch glossary and used for selvage and structural elements within the pattern.
• Selvage stitches — the first and last stitch of every row are worked as knit stitches to create a neat, stable edge throughout.
• Yarn-over eyelets — worked at the edges and at marked stitch