The many different shapes in which shawls or wraps are knitted can be a lesson in geometry. Shawls can be rectangular, squares, circular, triangular or several combinations and variations of these shapes. So, it was inevitable that after knitting several rectangle wraps, square blankets and dishcloths I would dabble in triangular shaped shawl design. Triangular shawls, similar to other shaped shawls, can be knit in several different ways. They can be knit sideways, top down (like the The Sheltering Tree Shawlette), or bottom up like this Unexpected Find Wrap.

The Unexpected Find Wrap pattern is a simple triangular shaped shawl knit bottom up with a two row repeat brioche honeycomb stitch pattern. I happened upon the yarn for this wrap at Joann Fabric and Craft Store. I wasn’t looking for this yarn but once I saw it, I just couldn’t walk away without purchasing it. After casting on a few stitches, the wrap is increased two stitches every other row till the preferred length is reached. This cotton blend wrap is great for those cool summer evenings and also for those overly air conditioned places.

Yarn: K + C  Element Yarn (50 grams each) in Colorway: Pink (Any other worsted weight cotton or cotton blend yarn can be substituted for this yarn)
Knitting Needles: US #8 circular needle
Gauge: 14 stitches/ 4 inches after blocking
Abbreviations:

• K: Knit
• P: Purl
• RS: right side
• WS: wrong side
• Kfb: Knit front and back (knit one stitch first in the front and then knit the same stitch in the back before slipping it off the left needle) 
• K2tog: Knit two stitches together on the left needle 
• K tbl: knit through the back loop
• pm: place marker
• rm: remove marker
• sm: slip marker
• S1: slip yarn purlwise
• yo: yarn over – bring the working yarn under and over the right needle clockwise and to the back before knitting the next stitch
• yo backward: for bind off only – knit one stitch then wrap the working yarn anticlockwise over and under the right hand knitting needle bringing the yarn to the back before knitting the next stitch
• BE: abbreviation for the Seed Stitch Border Edge Pattern* (see below)

The Unexpected Find Wrap Pattern**

*Seed Stitch Border Edge Pattern (BE):
Row 1 (RS): K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1 (7 stitches)
Row 2 (WS): K1, P1, K1, P1, K1, P1, K1 (7 stitches)

Cast on 7 stitches with US #8 circular knitting needles

• Row 1 (RS): Kfb, [P1,K1] 2x, P1, Kfb
• Row 2 (WS): [P1,K1] 4x, P1    
• Row 3: Kfb, [K1,P1] 3x, K1, Kfb
• Row 4: [K1,P1] 5x, K1     
• Row 5: Kfb, [P1,K1] 4x, P1, Kfb
• Row 6: [P1,K1] 6x, P1 
• Row 7: Kfb, [K1,P1] 5x, K1, Kfb
• Row 8: [K1,P1] 7x, K1 
• Row 9: Kfb, [P1,K1] 6x, K1, Kfb
• Row 10: [P1,K1] 8x, P1 
• Row 11: Kfb, [K1,P1] 7x, K1, Kfb
• Row 12: [K1,P1] 9x, K1 
• Row 13 (RS): BE, pm, yo, K5, yo, pm, BE
• Row 14 (WS): BE, sm, K1, K tbl, [yo, S1, K1] 2x, K1, sm, BE
• Row 15 (RS): BE, sm, yo, K1, [K1, K2tog] 2x, K2, yo, sm, BE 
• Row 16 (WS): BE, sm, K1, K tbl, [yo, S1, K1] till 1 stitch before marker, K1, sm, BE
• Row 17 (RS): BE, sm, yo, K1, [K1, K2tog] till 2 stitches before marker, K2, yo, sm, BE

[Repeat Rows 16 and 17] till 215 stitches (about 250 grams of yarn) ending with the RS side row 

Bind Off Row (WS): K1, yo backward, K1, pass the yo and first knit stitch on the right hand needle over the second knit stitch on the right hand needle. (Several video tutorials for other stretchy bind off are available on YouTube). I used Jeny’s Surprisingly Stretchy Bind-Off method in knit stitch pattern for binding off this wrap.

Weave in ends, wash and block the wrap.

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~coffeeteaknits