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Lumina
Lumina is a reversible, squared-semicircular shawl inspired by a glowing, hand-dyed silk blend yarn in a beautifully draping DK weight. Beginning with a garter tab cast on, it is fully reversible with a garter stitch body and easy transitions between the lace edging patterns. Designed to maximize every yard of a special yarn, instructions are included to customize for differing amounts of yardage. See the last photo for a sample of Lumina knit up with one 650 yard skein of madelinetosh 80/10/10 fingering weight.
Techniques & Skills Used: provisional garter tab CO, knit/purl, lace; this pattern includes both charted and written instructions for the lace edging.
Size: 15” depth and 42” length, after blocking.
Yarn: Barking Dog Yarns Cassiopeia (50% Merino, 50% Silk; 230 yards/100g); 2 skeins, shown in Pinot Noir. For similar size and drape, choose a wool and silk blend dk weight yarn.
Other Materials: US 6 (4mm) 40” circular needle; US 9 (5.5mm) circular needle, any length, for bind off; Stitch markers (6); Yarn needle; Scrap yarn for provisional CO.
Thank you to my lovely testers, and to my wonderful tech editor Kate Vanover.
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- First published: September 2011
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