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The inspiration for this design came from a poem written by the greatest Italian decadent poet, Giovanni Pascoli: ‘Il gelsomino notturno’, which translates as ‘The night-blooming jasmine’. In this poem Pascoli depicts a wedding night in a bucolic setting, describing the fragrance of the jasmine flowers that bloom at night and what he calls a ‘chirping of stars’ in the sky that turns the yard blue.
Those two key elements, the flowers and the stars, were my main inspiration and are directly portrayed in the shawl: you can see the flowers in the vertical insertion that is the spine of the shawl and the beautiful allover lace pattern that represents the starry sky extending throughout the two triangular wedges.

Construction
Chirping of Stars has a simple triangle shawl construction embellished by the floral center panel. The main body of the shawl features an allover beautiful lace pattern and an elegant lace edging completes the timeless look. The shawl is worked flat from the top down, increasing four stitches on every other row. The lace edging is worked perpendicularly to the body of the shawl, joining one edging stitch together with one live shawl stitch at the end of every even-numbered edging row until all the shawl stitches have been consumed.
Elegant and light as a feather, this shawl can be worn looped around the neck as a scarf or wrapped around the shoulders if you need warmth and style.

Description:
Skill Level: Intermediate.
Skills Needed: Cast on, Knit, Purl, Increase, Decrease, Work flat, Bind off.
One Size: 155 cm (61”) wingspan, 63.5 cm (25”) height

Materials
Lanitium Ex Machina – Glitter Sock fingering weight yarn (CYCA 1) (100 g/3.5 oz, 400 m/435 yds, 70% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon, 5% Stellina)
2 skeins in Iota Draconis
US size 4 (3.5 mm) 32” (80 cm) circular needles or size needed to obtain correct gauge – a circular needle is used to accommodate the large number of stitches.
Five Stitch Markers – 1 removable marker
Smooth waste yarn to use as lifeline
Tapestry needle
Measuring Tape and pins to block shawl to measurements

Gauge
17 sts and 12 rows = 6.5 cm x 14 cm (2½“ x 5½”) in Trefoil Stitched Pattern (three full repeats), after blocking.
Gauge is not crucial for this project, but variations will affect yardage and final measurements.

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Pattern Policy:
Design, text and photos are copyright of Antonia Cavaliere//Skips a Generation.
This pattern is for personal use only! The pattern (or parts of it) may not be reproduced, distributed or resold, translated, published, altered, shared or posted (for sale or free) over the internet or offline without my permission.
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