A light and airy crescent designed to make the most of one skein of Ellie and Ada sock yarn. The traditional feather & fan lace pattern is tailored to gradually increase the stitch count and to create areas of plain knitting between the the tips of the feathers.

Feather & Fan Crescent is also available as part of the knit/lab Easy Patterns eBook.

The pattern is entirely written out and comes in three sizes - small, medium and large - all three sizes share the feather & fan rows and there is a choice of options for the lower borders depending on yarn quantity. The lower borders have plain knitting, ribbing and simple lace stitches. Medium and large sizes have options for beading - the pattern includes a phototutorial for adding beads with a crochet hook.

The pdf also includes instructions for adding extra feather & fan rows, if desired.

This is a good project for using up various colors of leftover sock yarn or yarn of similar weight, as the waves of the feather & fan pattern are enhanced by color changes - there’s also a phototutorial for splicing yarn ends.

Medium version shown in turquoise
Knit on 5mm/US8 needles with 1 skein, 421m/460yds of Ellie and Ada Sock yarn in turquoise
Finished dimensions after blocking: approximately 23.5in/60cm x 52in/132cm
48 metallic gold glass beads are added with a crochet hook to the lower border

Small version shown in green
Knit on 5mm/US8 needles with 1 skein, 384m/420yds of Malabrigo Mechita, colorway Ninfas
Finished dimensions: approximately 20in/51cm x 60in/152cm
Thanks to pinkpetals for knitting the sample!

Large version shown in purple and pink
Knit on 5mm/US8 needles with approximately 1.5 balls, 630m/690yds Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball, colorway Blackberry
Finished dimensions: approximately 30in/76cm x 70in/177cm
There’s an option to add 31 or 62 beads to the pointed border
Thanks again to pinkpetals for knitting the sample!!

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