To make a shawl, if a large one is desired, about a pound of Astachan wool will be required, and one pair of large wooden needles, two inches round.

Note: There were three Astrachan patterns in this Ladies Column - a Scarf, a Cloud and a Shawl.

Astrachan, or astrakan, wool is a style of boucle yarn that has the texture of regular boucle but without any loops in the yarn itself. This yarn would be very much like some art yarns made today.