Yarn: 1 skein of Cimarron River from Fistful of Fiber (Mesilla is shown in sample)
Needles: 6/4mm
Gauge: 7 sts/in

Halley’s Comet is a short-period comet visible from Earth every 75 to 76 years. Halley is the only known short-period comet that is regularly visible to the naked eye from Earth, and the only comet that might appear twice in a human lifetime. Halley last appeared in the inner parts of our Solar System on February 9th 1986 and will next be seen in 2061 on July 28th (estimated).
Halley’s returns to the inner Solar System have been observed and recorded by astronomers as early as 240 BC. Clear records of the comet’s appearances were made by Chinese, Babylonian, and medieval European chroniclers, but were not recognized as reappearances of the same object at that time (life expectancy was only about 35 years back then). The comet’s periodicity was first determined in 1705 by English astronomer Edmond Halley, after whom it is now named.