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This is a top-down triangle shawl with moon phases worked in intarsia. I hadn’t tried intarsia before this project and while the first row was a little daunting, after that you just watched for growing and shrinking of the moons.

The Silk Twist yarn is a soft DK-weight wool that has been wrapped with a strand of silk. The silk randomly catches the light on the tonal background which gives it a bit of a handspun look. I chose a slightly variegated yarn (that wasn’t too busy) for the moons to add depth. The CC colorway has specks of a dark blue which ties the two colors together nicely. Contrast is important here, but it doesn’t have to be stark. A plied wool or wool-blend yarn with some loft and bounce to it will be the most forgiving and easiest to work with.

Use 3 skeins of MC and 1 of CC, or work the final garter border with CC and you’ll need just 2 skeins of MC.