INCHARA SHAWL
Inchara is a half-circle wrap constructed from the top-down. It has gently increasing garter sections regularly interrupted by subtly textured rows. The shawl is finished with a slip-stitch border.
This shawl is beginner-friendly with loads of garter, knit-purl texture and slipped stitches. An experienced knitter, can pick it up for ‘meditative knitting’ or ‘TV knitting’ or ‘Knitflixing’. 🙂
At this gauge, with all the garter, Inchara gives a squishy wrap. It is a handy accessory to have with you in transitional weather when the evenings get suddenly chilly or for working in air-conditioned office rooms.
Soothing to knit and pleasant to wear, it is named ‘Inchara’ which is a Kannada word that means ‘harmony’.
YARN REQUIREMENTS 450m/492 yards of sport weight yarn. | |
YARN USED IN SAMPLE Cascade Yarns 220 Sport (100% Peruvian Highland Wool 164 yards/150 meters, 1.75oz/50g) 3 skeins | |
FINISHED MEASUREMENTS Length (tip to tip) – 63” Depth – 13” | |
GAUGE 24sts/36rows per 4 inch using 3.25mm needles, in stockinette st, in the round, washed and blocked. | |
NEEDLE US#4/3.5mm circular needle minimum 24”/60cm. | |
NOTIONS Stitch markers, Tapestry needle. |