This shawl combines two of my favorite things: lace and cables. The cables are suspended within a mesh fabric that reminds me alternately of static or perhaps vines growing on a trellis. The cable and lace border travels across the shawl in a crescent shape, with a garter stitch body anchoring it at the center. One of the great things about working a crescent shawl from tip to tip is that it makes it easy to keep track of how much yarn to reserve for the second half.

This crescent shawl is worked sideways from one tip to the opposite tip. The shawl’s depth grows because of increases along the top edge of the lace and cable border, and then shrinks in the second half of the shawl with mirrored decreases. Short rows in the garter stitch section help to create the crescent shape.

Instructions are charted.

Finished Measurements
67.5” long and 14.5” deep at deepest point

Yarn
Approximately 700 yds / 640 m of sport weight yarn

Sample shown in Neighborhood Fiber Co. Capital Luxury Sport (375 yds/343 m in 113 g /4 oz; 80% organic merino, 10% cashmere, 10% silk) in Hollins Market (2 skeins)

Needles
US Size 4 (3.5 mm) circular needles, at least 24” (60 cm) in length, or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge
In Garter st, 23 sts & 35 rows = 4”/10 cm.
The cable and lace border is approximately 7” wide after blocking.

Notions
Cable needle
Stitch marker
Tapestry needle