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Alainn Yarns celebrates their tenth anniversary in June 2024. Stephanie dyed up this celebratory colourway, inspired by fireworks, with dots of bright colours on a dark background. I took that image as inspiration for my design, with lace motifs in different sizes scattered along the border of the shawl to represent multi-shot fireworks bursting at different heights in the night sky. The yarn is a blend of alpaca, cashmere and silk—a luxurious yarn that is perfect for marking a special occasion.

Given the complex placement of lace motifs, I would classify this as an intermediate project, although none of the individual techniques are particularly difficult. The techniques you will need to know, or learn, to complete this project are:

• cast on and bind off;
• knit and purl;
• yo increase;
• k2tog decrease;
• ssk decrease;
• p2tog decrease;
• cdd double decrease.