sun sun sun
Little darling!
Sun sun sun (here it comes!) is here after a(nother) long, cold, (not so) lonely winter!
This generous shawl glows and shines. I knitted it as an invocation and invitation to the sun to come out.
In my head – little darling – it was the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel version of the Beatles original that played while I was knitting and trying to will sunshine into being. And still plays whenever I see or wear sun sun sun.
update: this design is now a celebration of a talented artist who is no longer with us: Steve Harley 1951–2024. Thank you for bringing inspiration and sunshine into the world!
…I feel that ice is slowly meeeelting…
May there be loads of sunshine, real and metaphorical in your life!
construction
Three lace panels, introduced one cluster of rays at a time, run along one side.
The panels are flanked by an expanding garter stitch jazzed up with a simple slip-stitch pattern.
The lace repeat runs across the entire top before you bind off – and bask.
useful links
video tutorials on @asatricosa on Instagram
g a u g e
1 fan lace repeat: approx 13 cm x 6.5 cm (5.25″ x 2.5″)
20 sts x 28 rows garter: 10 cm (4″)
s i z e
200 cm wingspan x 150 cm along top (79″ x 59″)
110 cm / 43″ deep – (hypothenuse also approx 200 cm)
A note on size: the sample shawl weighs 330g – you can get a nicely generous shawl with 300g by starting the finishing lace border 3 (lace) repeats sooner – you’ll find instructions in the pattern for how to make this happen.
y a r n
sportweight silk-mohair blends with high silk content (67%), 350 m / 100g:
Faery Wings from Fyberspates
MoFluff from DyeForYarn
Curly Silk from Dibadu
Handmaiden Yarn Maiden Hair
The shawl by no means requires a silk-mohair blend. Any sportweight yarn with a nice drape would work. Also other weights of yarn (the final size will of course be different).
n o n – m o h a i r b l e n d s
- Rohrspatz & Wollmeise Blend (a
sportweight cashmere-merino blend) or
their Pure (fingering merino) - Pascuali Balayage (a sportweight
alpaca-merino blend) - Ginger Twist Shine On Sport or
Yakety-Yak - The Uncommon Thread Lush Sport
or Posh Fingering
the fan pattern is known as Peri’s Parasol in a version by knitting and stitch guru, Barbara Walker
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