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This listing is for a PDF handknitting pattern. Accretion is a boomerang shawl, worked from the left tip to the right side. It uses a single skein of fingering weight yarn and, after the setup, features a very short repeat so it can easily be worked to whatever length your skein of yarn allows, whether it’s closer to 400 yards or 500 yards. The simple stockinette body and light edge details make it a perfect choice for that one skein of yarn that’s a little too busy to be used in many patterns, but is too pretty to just be worked into vanilla socks.

The design was inspired by “accretion disks,” or flat disks of gas and dust caused by material spiraling into the gravitational pull of a star or black hole. The strong curve of the shawl mimics the “tendex line” path matter travels through the accretion disk into the center of the celestial body.

Required skills: Knit stitch, purl stitch, cables, increases, holding stitches for later working

Materials

Yarn: One skein (at least 400 yards) of fingering weight yarn, shown here in Knit Picks Stroll Handpainted in the colorway “pernova’’ (462 yards/100 grams)

Needles: US size 3, or size needed to obtain gauge

Notions: Yarn needle

Cable needle

Gauge: 24 stitches and 39 rows = 4”/10cm in stockinette stitch after blocking

Upon purchase, you will receive two copies of the pattern -- a standard version and a version optimized for screen readers and low-vision knitters