Dalam Asymmetrical Leaf-lace Shawl by Ramalakshmi Pasumarthy

Dalam Asymmetrical Leaf-lace Shawl

Knitting
February 2022
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
19 stitches and 28 rows = 4 inches
US 7 - 4.5 mm
820 - 930 yards (750 - 850 m)
Triangular shawl - Wingspan - 64”; depth – 28”; BO edge – 44”; Leaf-lace edge – 52” approximately. Boomerang shawl - Wingspan – 80”, depth – 18”; BO edge 42”- , Leaf-lace edge – 66”, approximately.
English
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Dalam Asymmertrical Shawl comes in 2 shapes - Triangular & Boomerang. The PDF has instructions for both the versions.
The body of the shawl is worked in garter and the edge is designed with a leaf lace pattern. The leaf lace is a 18 row pattern repeat and the project is worked over 20 repeats. The shawl is customizable and can be worked to the desired wingspan by increasing or decreasing the number of pattern repeats.

Construction techniques:
Strategically places increases and decreases, on the right side ensure that the stitch count remains the same, at the same time creating an interesting asymmetrical shape to the project. The shawl is worked with very few stitches cast on and grows with 1 stitch increase on every wrong side row.