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Sirenia is designed from the tip and grows to the lace bottom. It blends two contrasting colors of fingering weight yarn to create a shawl that is inspired by my favorite animal, the manatee!

The simple mosaic pattern is reminiscent of gentle ripples found in the calm water that manatees can commonly be found in.  The lace pattern represents mermaid tails, as manatees (and other scientific order Sirenia members) were mistaken for mermaids.  <3

This collaboration was worked with Eva of The Blue Rabbit House who has designed the cutest manatee bag (see image 3)! The original yarn used (Knitcraft and Knittery, the pink and green sample) was discontinued, so an alternate yarn was used to make a second version (Serendipitous Wool, the dark purpley magenta and minty grey variegated sample).  

Materials
Yarn
Knit Craft and Knittery Fingering Weight Australian Merino (437yds 400m/skein; 100% merino) (now discontinued)
Alternate: Serendipitous Wool Atma Fingering (438yds 400m/100g; 100% superwash merino)

Color A: 1 skein in colorway Coral Bay (pink)
Alternate: 1 skein in colorway Flowering Succulents (variegated with a base pale blue green)
Or 437yds 400m of fingering weight yarn

Color B: 1 skein in colorway Manatee Grove (seafoam green)
Alternate: 1 skein in colorway Love Letters (dark magenta purple)
or 415yds 400m of fingering weight yarn

Note about yardage: the designer had only a small amount of yarn leftover of both colors. If your gauge differs drastically, you may use a different amount of yardage.

Needles
US 5 3.75mm - 40” circular needle
Or size to obtain gauge.

Notions
Tapestry needle, 2 stitch markers labeled A and B

Gauge
26 sts x 45 rows = 4” x 4” 10cm x 10cm in Garter Stitch, blocked.

Finished dimensions
56” tip to tip x 17” tall

This pattern has been tech edited by Jessica Schwab.

About the Low Vision version: The text is a sans serif font in 24pt. The text is black ink on a white background. No italics were used in this version. While a chart is included, the chart has also been written out in full. This pattern has not been tested for a screen reader.