Originally designed as for the October installment of the Yarnover Truck Yarn Club, Naranj (the Arabic word that gave rise to our orange) is a shawl-cowl hybrid designed with autumn in mind. Constructed like a semi-circular shawl but worked mostly in the round, Naraj appears to be a shawlette bunched around the neck except without ends to come untied. Naraj utilizes a simple chevron lace pattern with interspersed bands of garter stitch to show off the colors in a stunning colorway of Space Cadet yarn. Subtle points grow out of the chevron pattern to finish the piece off. Naraj is a great pattern for that special skein of fingering weight yarn you’ve been dying to use – simple, quick, and perfect for warding off the autumnal chill.

Specific yarn requirements:
Space Cadet Yarn Aurora (70% Superwash Merino Wool, 20% Cashmere, 10% Nylon; 350 yds/ 320 m per 100g); 1 skein in Orange
Or, 300 yds/ 275 m of fingering weight yarn

Needles:
US 6 (4 mm) circular needle, 16-24”/ 40-60 cm long, or size needed to obtain gauge

Gauge:
18 sts & 27 rows = 4”/ 10 cm in Chevron Lace pattern, blocked
Meeting this exact gauge is not crucial, but any major differences will affect the size of the finished cowl as well as yarn requirements.

Errata:
1 Nov, 2016: Rnd 3 of the Chevron Lace Pattern in the round should direct the knitter to replace the slipped st on the left hand needle, not the right. Updated in v2 of the pattern.

Technical editing by Tana Pageler.

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