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December Starlight is an elongated triangle shawl that utilizes 3 different weights and textures of yarn. This shawl plays with texture, color, and levels of opacity.
December Starlight alternates between stockinette stitch, marled stockinette stitch (holding two different strands of yarn together as one), and tuck stitch. A tuck stitch is a stitch that is made by taking on more than one loop per stitch; the most prevalent example of a tuck stitch in modern hand knitting is the brioche stitch. Tuck stitch can achieve the look of colorwork while maintaining a stretchy, squishy fabric. When creating colorwork fabric by slipping stitches (mosaic knitting) or alternating 2 colors in the same row (stranded colorwork), you carry the strand of yarn, or float, that is not being worked across the front or back of your fabric. In tuck stitch the float is carried or released (depending on the method used) over the stitch created instead of in front or behind, resulting in a looser, more textured fabric.
Yarn:
• Yarn A (YA) 2 skeins of Manos Del Uruguay Cabrito (80% kid mohair, 20% polyamide, approx. 230 yds (210 mts) per 25 gram skein) sample shown in Marble.
• Yarn B (YB) 1 skein of Manos Del Uruguay Fino (70% estrafine merino wool, 30% silk, approx. 450 yds (490 mts) per 100 gram skein) sample shown in Admiral
• Yarn C (YC) 2 skeins of Manos Del Uruguay Alpaca Heather (70% wool, 30% alpaca, approx.. 164 yds (150 mts) per 50 gram skein) sample shown in Bing Cherry

Needles and notions:
• Size US 6 (4 mm) 32-40” (80-100 cm) circular needle (or size needed to obtain gauge)
• Extra needle cord, waste yarn, or crochet hook for provisional cast-on of choice
• Stitch markers
• Tapestry needle
• Blocking mat, wires, and pins

Gauge: 20 stitches and 28 rows = 4” (10cm) in stockinette stitch worked flat with Yarn B, measurement taken after blocking

Finished measurements: 34” (86 cm) depth, 80” (203 cm) wingspan (one size)