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FINISHED SIZE:

20” x 80” (51 x 204 cm)

MATERIALS:

Expression Fiber Arts Sparkle DK Yarn

Shown in color: Elegant Hues Kit

Total yards used for this sample: approximately 844 yds (218 yds Color A, 211 yds Color B, 214 yds Color C, 201 yds Color D).

NEEDLES:

US size 7 (4.5 mm) needles or size needed to obtain gauge

Any size that is appropriate for the yarn selected. Refer to the tag/label for the recommended sizes.

SKILL LEVEL:

Adventurous Beginner: For those knitters who are ready to learn some new skills or stitch combinations. Skills/concepts include: eyelets made of yarn overs and slip-knit-pass slipped stitch over.

Notes From the Designer:

This knit version of the crochet Doradus pattern is named for Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille, (1713–1762), a French astronomer and geodesist who named 14 of the 88 constellations. From 1750 to 1754, he studied the sky at the Cape of Good Hope in present-day South Africa. During that time, he observed the Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, and catalogued it as a “Nebulae of the First Class.” The star-forming region of 30 Doradus is one of the largest located close to the Milky Way. About 2,400 massive stars exist in the center of 30 Doradus.

• Click here to watch a tutorial on how to make the stitches needed to make this shawl.
• Like its crocheted sister, de Lacaille features eyelets on a plain stitch background, allowing the colors and sparkle of the yarn to shine through.
• This pattern doesn’t have a right or wrong side. Download the crochet version, Doradus, here.

Designed by Janica York Carter

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Enjoy your knitting!

Chandi

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