Evensong is a beautifully versatile and elegant piece inspired by the Gatsby era and the swinging 20’s. It’s soft lacy centre drapes wonderfully, creating a soft fabric to wear against the skin and the gorgeous shaped borders add just the right amount of weight to allow the garment to hang perfectly. Wear as a long stylish scarf, a narrow wrap or even as a belt. Example made in a lovely golden hue with variegated autumnal shades but would look gorgeous in tones of cream and ivory for a bride. Shades of purples and greens would be pretty too, and the perfect excuse to try out a coveted hand dyed yarn.

Materials
Example made using:
50g x 2 of Senses Lace by Stylecraft in Ochre (250m/273yds per 50g)
50g x 2 of Drops Delight in Shade 13 (17.5m/191yds per 50g)
3.5mm Needles
Tapestry needle for weaving in ends.
4 x stitch markers or waste yarn.
Length of contrast yarn and 4.00mm crochet hook for provisional cast on.
Blocking wires or strong colourfast thread/yarn. Rust proof blocking pins.

Size/gauge
Gauge is not essential for this garment.
Finished size after blocking (approximately):
Width: 18inches/46cms
Length: 82inches/208cms

Method
Evensong is constructed seamlessly by beginning with a simple crocheted provisional cast on.
The first half of the lace centre piece is worked and followed by the first border edge. This is cast off and the live stitches from the provisional cast on are placed onto the needles and the second half is worked in exactly the same way. This method provides a seamless garment with no demarcation line. The piece is worked from side to side in rows, turning after every row.

Aimed at the intermediate knitter it is however a great project for a confident beginner who would like to tackle lace as the construction has no seaming or shaping to contend with and has a nice rhythmic pace that becomes fairly simple to remember once established. Any mistakes are simple to spot quickly as you work and easy to rectify by tinking back, (you can guess how I know that!)