ORIGAMI SHAWL

Designed to celebrate the launch of my newly released memoir, Geri o Shimasu: Adventures of a Baka Gaijin, ORIGAMI is a rectangular shawl knit in an intricate Japanese lace pattern.
 
Origami, the delicate art of folding paper into intricate forms, reflects the beauty of transformation through restraint and discipline. A single sheet, untouched by scissors or glue, becomes a crane, a lotus, or a fox—simply by folding. Its quiet precision and poetic geometry speak to a reverence for simplicity and form. This pattern is inspired by Origami’s interplay of folds and structure, creating texture through repetition, symmetry, and surprise.
 
I named this shawl ORIGAMI, because I envisioned a garment that could be snapped and unsnapped along an edge allowing you to wear it securely multiple ways. I started with a rectangular shawl in a striking Japanese lace motif with a seed stitch edge. To that, I attached 6 sets of clear plastic snaps along the top edge. If you look through the images in this pattern as well as on Ravelry or my website, you will see the various ways that you can wear this shawl.
 
If you prefer not to have snaps, you can just seem small sections to allow the shawl to stay put and be folded over the neck. The schematic below highlights the dimensions of the shawl and roughly where I attached the snaps.