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A fun and simple two-color garter stitch knit that is the shawl-equivalent of Jester’s Spiritual Weapon — a lollipop — complete with pom-poms and intermittent eyelet rows for flair! Knit with two skeins of Critical Sheep’s D4 Fingering weight yarn.

GAUGE
Gauge is not critical for this pattern but varying gauges will affect final measurements and yardage used.

TECHNIQUES

• Long Tail Cast On
• Knit, Purl (k, p)
• Yarn Over (yo)
• Slip Stitch (sl)
• Knit Decreases (k2tog)
• Bind Off (bo)

MATERIALS
Needles and notions

• US 5/3.75mm needles or size needed to get gauge
• Tapestry needle
• Optional: US 9/5.5mm needles for binding off more loosely
• Optional: 1.75”/45mm pom-pom maker

Yarn
Critical Sheep ‘D4 Fingering’ (75% Superwash Merino, 25% Nylon, 436yds/400m per 100g skein); 2 skeins in two colors; sample uses colors Flutter (MC) and Shinobi (CC).