Bird's Nest Shawl
by Cheryl Oberle
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Bird's Nest Shawl
Summary: Rectangular shawl with a simple lace pattern and garter-stitch borders.
From the pattern description: In the Himalayan Mountains between Tibet and India, Cashmere goats are raised for their fine fleece. The poor men of the villages collect abandoned birds’ nests that have been lined with bits of cashmere. The women sit for hours picking the cashmere from the nests and hand spinning exquisitely fine yarn. Then they weave this yarn into wonderfully prayer shawls that are light as a feather and possess a truly magical and comfortingly quality. Here is a knitted version of this shawl.
Needle: 24” circulars in both sizes.
Chart: page 123.
About this pattern
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clarity rating
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6 votes
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About this yarn
by Cashmere America
Light Fingering
100% Cashmere goat
437 yards
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50
grams
50 projects
stashed
62 times
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4.6
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11 votes
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