This shawl was knit with yarn sent to me as part of an ongoing adventure to design for, and knit with, handspun yarn. The fibre was dyed by Inglenook Fibers , and spun to a sport weight yarn by judycollette .

I chose a variation of a simple horseshoe lace stitch pattern and placed it in a central triangular section. The garter ridges of the horseshoe stitch pattern continue into the side panels of the shawl, and two stitches are increased at each end of all right-side rows to create a wide wingspan that can be blocked into a crescent shape.

If you don’t have handspun, you can, of course, use commercial yarn. To achieve similar results to the sample, use a sport weight yarn with a long colour change, or consider using a solid or semi-solid, tonal shade of yarn. The shape of the shawl and the combination of stitch patterns would work with yarns of different weights and fibres, and I suggest you experiment (i.e., swatch) to find your ideal match between yarn and gauge.

The techniques you will need to know--or learn--to complete this project are:

• modified garter tab cast-on (explained in pattern);
• knit and purl;
• yo increase;
• kyok double increase;
• k2tog decrease;
• ssk decrease;
• cdd double decrease;
• picot bind-off (explained in pattern).

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