Inspired by my family tradition of hanging fairy lights at home
to welcome Christmas,
Lumina, which means “light” in Latin,
captures the warmth and twinkling charm of lights
and a relaxing atmosphere
that embodies the joy of Christmas.

Designed by Yamagara in collaboration with Qing Fibre for Advent 2024. The pattern is exclusive to the advent until the end of Jan 2025.

The designer has been made aware of the differences between the original set of yarns provided for the design and the yarns that customers received in the advent kits, and sincerely apologise for the experience. The designer has test knitted the yarn in the advent kit to find out the issues that customers are facing. The main issues are with pronounced and uneven speckling, sudden transition between some colourways, and pooling that creates visible patchy patterns across the fabric.

The designer has knitted up a different pattern, the Grainwise Shawl, and found that this pattern worked with the advent yarns. She has reached out to customers and offered a complementary copy of Grainwise Shawl. Customers of the advent can download the pattern for free before 7 March 2025.

Lumina Scarf pattern will be available for sale after 7 March.

YARN

Y1
Qing Fibre
Merino Fingering Mini (80 m / 87 yards per 20 g skein, 100% superwash merino wool)

3 skeins of C1
2 skeins of C2
2 skeins of C3
2 skeins of C4
3 skeins of C5
Or a total of 960 m / 1050 yards of fingering weight yarn

Y2 (sequin yarn)
King Cole
Cosmos (393 m / 429 yards per 25 g, 76% glitter thread, 24% Payette)
Colourway: Orbit

One 8 g mini skein
Or 126 m / 140 yards of light fingering novelty yarn with sequins

Alternative to sequin yarn
Any lace or light fingering weight yarn that matches the gauge when paired with Y1 and worked in Stripe Pattern is a good alternative.

Y3 (mohair yarn)
Qingfibre
Kid Mohair Silk Mini (210 m / 229 yards per 25 g skein, 70% ultra fine kid mohair, 30% silk)
Colourway: C6

1 skein
Or 105 m / 115 yards of lace weight kid mohair and silk yarn

NEEDLES

One 3.25 mm / US 3, 40 cm / 16” circular needle
One 3.5 mm / US 4, 40 cm / 16” circular needle
Two 4 mm / US 6, 40 cm / 16” or longer circular needles
One spare 4 mm US 6 needle for 3-needle bind off

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Width 18 cm / 7”
Length 205 cm / 80¾”

NOTIONS

Stitch marker, tapestry needle, scale for weighing yarn.

NOTES

Lumina Scarf is firstly worked flat lengthwise before joining the work to form a tube. The scarf is then worked in the round, blending transitions in colourways. Lastly, knitted flowers (video tutorial is provided) are sewn onto the scarf.