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Let quiet bloom within you as you knit the ornamental grasses swaying in the breeze next to the tulips and 8-petaled cosmos flowers of a peaceful garden.

Each stitch pattern has been carefully selected to harmonize beautifully with the others. Lace, texture, and garter stitch in two different colors invite you to create a serene garden of your own.

This pattern is fully written out and also includes charts of the lace stitches, as well as closeup photos of each stitch pattern. It has been tech edited and test knitted to give you an enjoyable, error-free knitting experience.

The pattern also provides specific instructions for options to increase or decrease the size of the shawl if you wish.

Yarn: Fingering/sock yarn, approximately 90 grams/330 yards/300 meters of main color and approximately 70 grams/255 yards/235 meters of contrast color. The sample was worked with Julie Asselin Leizu Fingering, a 90% merino/10% silk yarn with 420 yards/384 meters per 115 grams. Other wool and wool-blend yarns, and blends including bamboo, cotton, or nylon would also work.

Needles: US 7/4.5 mm or size needed to achieve gauge of 20 sts and 26 rows to 4”/10 cm in stockinette stitch, blocked. The shawl is worked flat. It is possible to knit the shawl entirely on straight needles, but it will be more comfortable to use a long circular needle so that the stitches can spread out as the shawl grows.

Designer support: I am always happy to help if you have questions! Email Lena at info@softyarndesigns.com.