Venilia was the ancient Roman goddess of the winds and the sea. She was the one who brought waves to the shore.

The Venilia shawl is a little kerchief that can be worn in multiple ways. The shawl comes in two versions: the size 1 is a slim and straight version with pointed tips, whereas the size 2 is a triangular shawl.

The Venilia shawl is started at the tip of the shawl, then increased on every right side row until the full width before decreasing your way back to the other tip. The size can easily be modified by adding more pattern repeats for a larger or a wider shawl.

The Venilia shawl was designed with those odd balls and leftover skeins of fingering weight yarn and mohair we all have in our stashes, but the shawl can also be worked in a single strand of DK weight yarn.

Size
1 (2)
Length 125 (160) cm / 49.25 (63) inches
Width 14 (26) cm / 5.5 (10.25) inches

Yarn
Note: The shawl uses a strand of fingering weight yarn held together with a strand of lace weight yarn, but they can be substituted for a single strand of DK weight yarn. If you wish to work a DK weight version, omit all the instructions where it says “hold the yarns together” and follow only the yarn amount requirements for the fingering weight yarn.

150 (250) m / 165 (275) yards of fingering weight yarn and 150 (250) m / 165 (275) yards of lace weight yarn.

Blue sample (size 2): 1 ball of Knitting For Olive Cotton Merino (70% cotton, 30% merino; 250 meters / 273 yards per 50 g) shown in the colorway Elephant Blue and 2 balls of Knitting for Olive Soft Silk Mohair (70% mohair, 30% silk; 225 m / 246 yards per 25 g), shown in colorway Dusty Petroleum Blue.

Needles
4 mm / US6 circular needle with a cable length of 60 cm or 80 cm / 24 inches or 32 inches

Gauge
12 sts (1 outlined pattern repeat) = 6 cm / 2.25 inches
20 sts and 26 rounds = 10 cm / 4 inches of lace pattern, after blocking
Note: Always use the needle size that gives you the right gauge!

Notions
2 stitch markers
tapestry needle
blocking tools