Kaiah is a delicate and airy lace shawl worked in two colors of laceweight yarn.

The shawl is a crescent shape, knitted top-down. Repeats are short and easy to memorize. The pattern can be worked from written instructions or charts. The size of the shawl is easy to adjust by working more or fewer repeats of Section 1. You can substitute laceweight yarn with fingering.

Yarn: Miss Babs Yet (65% Merino wool, 35% Tussah silk, 400 yd /62 g)

• Color A - 1 skein of Japanese Maple

• Color B - 1 skein of Frog Belly

Or any similar lace weight or fingering weight yarn in 2 contrasting colors, color A -approx. 355 yard, color B - approx. 320 yards

Needles: US #3 / 3.25 mm circular needles (or as required to get the gauge)

Notions: darning needle, 2 markers

Gauge: 22 sts x 26 rows = 4” in pattern. Gauge is not crucial for this project, but will affect yardage and finished size if different from above.

Size: wingspan 73”, depth 22” (wet blocked and relaxed)

Instructions are available in two formats:

compact (3 pages, 12 pt)

large print (7 pages, 20 pt), the version with big letters for those who use portable devices like tablets and e-readers; also for those knitters who have difficulties reading small font on paper.

On Instagram (find me as @galimka_knits) use hashtag #kaiahshawl