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Nocturnal Bees
For some bees, the setting sun signals the beginning of a working night. For these nocturnal shift-workers, the gathering of pollen and nectar can occur in near-darkness, sometimes even all night long. I created this shawl as a tribute to these important creatures.

Knitted sideways from the left tip, it is an easy and relaxing knit, with the work progressing from garter stitch to a slip-stitch pattern and then a simple chevron lace edging that is worked either from charts or the full written instructions. The edge is finished with a picot bind off; I achieved the scalloped edge through blocking, but you may leave the edge straight for a different look. Note: a row counter is very helpful for this pattern.

Nocturnal Bees is also available in my ebook The HoneywingTrio, which includes two other shawl patterns – Honeywing and Belign.

Materials used for sample (weighs 116g):
Garnstudio Drops Flora:
3 skeins Dark Gray for color A (appr 90% of total)
1 skein Yellow for Color B (appr 10% of total)

Pattern is written in American terminology.

You are welcome to sell items made from this pattern, on a limited basis. Please credit me for the design, and include a link or reference to my shop when possible. Pattern is copyright protected; it should not be reproduced, redistributed, re-sold, or displayed publicly in any way.