Inchara Shawl by Kavitha Raman

Inchara Shawl

Knitting
April 2019
Sport (12 wpi) ?
22 stitches and 48 rows = 4 inches
in Garter
US 4 - 3.5 mm
410 - 450 yards (375 - 411 m)
One Size : 63"X13"
English
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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.