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As the sun sets in the desert, temperatures drop quickly, and the sky fills with brilliant color. It can be helpful to have a shawl to bundle up in. This shawl is a crescent-shaped shawl with a simple, soothing stitch pattern that is perfect for summer vacation knitting.

This shawl was originally designed for sport-weight yarn and larger needles. It has now been updated for finer yarn and smaller needles, and it includes additional instructions and features that were not previously available.

SIZES

One size, adjustable. Sample shown is 80” (203 cm) wide by 17.5” (44.5 cm) tall at its highest point.

MATERIALS

Fingering-weight yarn, 850 yds (778 m)

Sample shown knit in Bad Sheep Yarn Fingering, 75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon; 462 yds (423 m) per 3.5 oz (100 grams), colorway Bluebonnet.

GAUGE

4” (10 cm) square = 22 stitches x 50 rows in pattern

NEEDLES

One set of 32” (81 cm) circular needles in a size to match gauge listed above

Suggested needle size: US 4 (3.5 mm)

TOOLS

One stitch marker for beginning of round; optional additional markers between pattern repeats
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

Techniques: decreases, increases, garter tab cast-on, picot bind-off