Ain True Love

Ain True Love Shawlette by Knitdraper

Project Overview

Ain True Love is a beginner-friendly knitted shawlette designed by Knitdraper. This downloadable PDF pattern creates a lightweight, elegant accessory measuring 14.25 x 64 inches when completed. The design combines simplicity with visual interest through its construction method and decorative finishing details.

What Is Being Made

This project produces a shawlette—a smaller, more wearable version of a traditional shawl. The finished piece measures 14.25 inches wide by 64 inches long, making it an ideal size for draping around the shoulders or wearing as a versatile accessory. The shawlette features a lacy diamond border and a picot edge, adding refined detail to an otherwise simple construction.

Knitting Techniques Used

The Ain True Love shawlette employs several fundamental knitting techniques suitable for beginners:

• Garter stitch forms the main body of the shawlette, created by knitting every row on both right-side and wrong-side rows. This produces a reversible, textured fabric with horizontal ridges.
• Increases are worked using the kfb (knit in the front and back) technique, which adds stitches on each row to create the shawlette's expanding triangular or crescent shape.
• Yarn overs (yo) create the openwork lacy diamond border pattern, allowing yarn to pass over the needle to form decorative eyelets.
• Decreases using k2tog (knit two together) help shape the lacy border and control stitch count.
• Picot edge finishing provides a delicate, scalloped edge detail typical of refined shawl designs.
• Stitch markers are used to track pattern repeats and increases, simplifying row-by-row construction.

Stitches and Abbreviations

The pattern uses standard knitting abbreviations including k (knit), kfb (knit in front and back for increases), k2tog (knit two together for decreases), yo (yarn over for lace), pm (place marker), sm (slip marker), sl (slip stitch), and standard directional markers for RS (right side) and WS (wrong side). These abbreviations are fully explained in the pattern's abbreviation section, making the instructions accessible to knitters at all levels.

Materials and Specifications

Yarn: The pattern calls for Blue Sky Fibers Organic Cotton Worsted, a 100% cotton yarn. Two skeins are required, each containing 150 yards per 100 grams. The specified colorway is 619 Tomato, a warm reddish tone. The worsted weight classification makes this yarn ideal for creating fabric with good drape and structure suitable for shawlette construction.

Needles: US 9 (5.5 mm) needles are required for this project. The needle size works with the worsted-weight yarn to achieve the specified gauge.

Notions: Additional supplies include stitch markers for tracking pattern repeats and a tapestry needle for weaving in ends and finishing the picot edge.

Gauge and Sizing

The pattern specifies a gauge of 12 stitches over 4 inches in garter stitch. While noted as not critical, gauge does affect the finished measurements and total yardage required. Knitters who work at a different tension may need to adjust needle size or expect slightly different finished dimensions.

Pattern Construction

The shawlette begins with a cast-on of 9 stitches using the long-tail method. The body is constructed through garter stitch increases, with increases worked on every row using the kfb technique at marked positions. This creates a symmetrical expansion from the cast-on edge. The lacy diamond border and picot edge are incorporated as the shawlette grows, adding visual complexity while maintaining beginner-level accessibility.

Design Notes

The Ain True Love pattern has been professionally edited by Eleanor Dixon to ensure accuracy and clarity. The designer, Knitdraper, has made efforts to eliminate errors and provides direct contact support for pattern questions via knitdraper@gmail.com. This downloadable PDF format allows immediate access to the complete pattern instructions.