Silk Road

On clear dark nights, I often sit,
and spend a quiet hours wake,
just marveling at the sky above,
so infinite so deep and dark.
the countless stars revolve in silence
and here I lay, a tiny thing,
all insignificant and small
under the milky way so tall.

If ever you’ve beheld the stars
beyond mountains or in deserts far,
you know what wonder I describe,
it silences the busy mind.

This asymmetrical crescent shaped shawl uses short rows to create the illusion of sweeping stars and star showers above, and gradient yarn colors to evoke the nightsky with just a hint of light at dawn, and the milky way still visible overhead.

Meine lieben Strickerinnen, die Anleitungen in diesem Shawl club sind zwar nur auf englisch erhältlich, ich kann aber gerne auch auf Deutsch in den Foren helfen, wenn man’s braucht.
Geheim tip: lieber den Shawl club durch die Webseite bestellen (dauert zwar zwischen ein paar Stunden bis zu ein paar Tagen, je nach Internet bei mir) aber man kann da den Club zum Normalpreis und ohne Mehrwert verteuerung, beziehen.

Yarn
Miss Babs Yarns
1 Yummy 2-ply Toes 6 skein Gradient set (100% Superwash Merino; 133 yards /122 m per color; 798 yards / 730 m per gradient set),
and 1 skein Yummy 2-Ply (400 yds /366 m per 113g)
Sample in Carmen and Oyster
or approx. 1150 yds/ 1052 m fingering weight yarn

Needles
US 4 (3.5 mm) min 32”/ 80cm circular needle to hold large number of stitches, or size to obtain gauge

Gauge
26 st and 32 rows = 4” / 10 cm in stockinette st

Finished Size
55”/ 140 cm wingspan tip to tip, 16”/ 41 cm center back depth

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Many thanks to Polly Hammond (Butterscotch Press) for technical editing.