The shawl is crescent shaped and worked in one piece, starting at the back neck and working down, with an increasing number of stitches. The main body is an eyelet pattern. The lacy border utilises the traditional Estonian flower stitch. The shawl is considered intermediate to advanced in level of difficulty, because of the increasing stitch count and the gathered stitches used in the border. Only charts are provided. Optional beads are placed on the last row of the edging.

The yarn used in this sample is Sericin Silkworks Silk Cashmere Lace. It has the drape of the silk combined with the luscious softness of the cashmere. One skein of Soft Apricot was used as the main colour and one skein of Soft Desert Sun for the contrasting border. Size 6 beads were used in the last row of the border, to add weight and a little bling.

The hemerocallis or daylily is a happy staple in our summer garden. The blooms of the newer varieties are often exotic looking, reminding us of orchids, but their blooms do not last as long (a single day, hence the name). Others open up the next day as a welcome surprise on a morning stroll through the garden. The colours and colour combinations are widely varied. They are the inspiration for this shawl design. Choose your favourite colours or colour combination to make this shawl uniquely personal. I even ventured outside my usual colour palette to make something especially reminiscent of a stroll through our garden on a summer morning.

Any laceweight or light fingering weight yarn may be substituted. However the yardage requirement will be increased if a thicker yarn is used.