Description: Milk Thistle Shawlette was inspired by the vibrant colors and feminine shape of milk thistles. Wear it like a shawl draped over your shoulders and clasped with a pin. Wrap it around your neck and sport it as a scarf. Toss it over your head and around your shoulders, donning it like a snood. Envelope yourself in charm, any way you see fit.

Project overview: The shawlette is worked from the top down starting with a pattern of open fan and v-stitches that decrease nearly to a point. Silver-gray stems and leaves jut outwards from the shawl’s edge and are worked into decrease stitches from the body. A row of violet flower buds and receptacles is worked followed by several rows of double and treble crochets to create be beautiful thistle flowers.

Skill: Intermediate

Size: 65” wide x 13” long (blocked)

Notions: Yarn needle, stitch markers

Extra: The entire shawlette has been translated into two large stitch diagrams, one for the body and one for the edging! There should be no hair-pulling moments crocheting this shawlette, rest assured.