sagano shawl

Monday, October 5th, 2009 | accessories, design, finished object, knitting, patterns, shawls

Sagano is an area located in western Kyoto, Japan, where the serene landscape includes one of the most spectacular bamboo forests in all of Japan. This textured scarf-sized shawl evokes the quiet beauty of bamboo in its leafy main stitch and stemlike ribbed edging. Use a special, soft yarn and keep the drafts away!

FINISHED SIZE
46 inches / 116 cm across the top, 15 inches / 38 cm down the centre of the shawl. The size of this scarf is easily modified to be larger by using a heavier yarn or working more repeats.

Special thanks to Bonnie and Erica for test knitting!

MATERIALS
Fingering Weight yarn, 450 yards.
Shown in Wullenstudio Sock Yarn (75% merino, 25% nylon; 450 yards/100g) in Green Tambourine.
US 6 / 4 mm circular needles, 32 inches / 80 cm or longer stitch markers tapestry needle

GAUGE
25 stitches and 32 rows = 4 inches / 10 cm square in stockinette stitch. Exact gauge is not crucial for this project, although the gauge will affect the final size.

3-page PDF pattern includes both charted and written directions.

Available through Ravelry (no account needed), payment by Paypal.

$5.00 USD

12 Comments to sagano shawl

1 Michelle
October 5, 2009

Beautiful! Another great shawl…I need to go stash diving for yarn!

2 Julie
October 6, 2009

gorgeous design!! I love the texture of it.

3 Marie-Josée
October 6, 2009

Youpi ! Another lovely shawl ! I have already bought the pattern and the yarn…

4 andi
October 6, 2009

Love, love,love it! Chasing down yarn for this. Elegantly simple. Beautiful lines!

5 Knittripps
October 6, 2009

Very nice! I love your shawl designs.

6 Hilde
October 6, 2009

I like this shawl and I am looking foreward to knit it!

7 Renee
October 6, 2009

Lovely!!

8 Natasa
October 7, 2009

This is so beautiful!
You are very talented. Thinking about buying my first pattern online…

9 The Knitting Archaeologist
October 8, 2009

Gorgeous…I have been waiting patiently for this to go on sale…now I will have it!

10 New knitting blog! « My Blog
October 11, 2009

[...] Sagano Shawl, by Laura Chawl. The Backwards Loop group on Ravelry is having a KAL, and I felt I should participate since that shawl intrigued me as soon as I saw it. I was going to buy new yarn for it, but a) I just bought 4 skeins of yarn recently, b) I still don’t have a job, and c) I should start killing the stash. [...]

11 Seanna Lea
October 15, 2009

Very nice. I love the bamboo ribbing. I should actually work on the sweater I started a dogs age ago that uses that pattern (starting over).

12 In Training « Rambling Roses
January 22, 2010

[...] of browsing on the Ravelry boards about the patterns I wanted to knit. I was going to go with the Sagano and Citron shawls. Swatching wasn’t the funnest for both and so they’ve been shelved [...]