This shawl begins with the modern method of Shetland Hap construction, working from the center out. The plain triangular section is worked from the bottom up first, beginning with 1 stitch. Stitches are increased by working a yarn over at the beginning of every row. Stitches are then picked up from the yarn over loops on the edges of the center triangle, and the remainder of the shawl is worked using a half circle construction in a mosaic pattern stitch with interspersed increase rows.

Mirry Dancers is a term for the Northern Lights in Shetland.

Size
53 ½” / 136cm wide and 27” / 68.5cm deep after blocking

Needles
US 7 / 4.5mm 24” / 60cm circular needle
US 8 / 5mm 32, 40 and 60” / 80, 100 and 150cm circular needles (longer circulars will be needed as shawl gets larger)
Always use a needle size that will result in the correct gauge after blocking, to achieve listed finished dimensions.

Yarn
Sport Weight yarn in the following amounts:
525 yds of MC
175 yds of CC1
175 yds of CC2
Shown in Nash Island TIDE (100% Wild Maine Island Wool; 175yds / 160m; 50g) in Storm (MC), Driftwood (CC1) and Finch (CC2).

Gauge
19 sts and 34 rows = 4” / 10cm in Mosaic Stitch Pattern blocked using US 8 / 5mm needles
17 sts and 40 rows = 4” / 10cm in Garter Stitch blocked using US 7 / 4.5mm needles

Notions
Waste yarn, stitch markers (optional, for separating out chart repeats), tapestry needle