The Nautica Crescent Shaped Lace Shawlette or Scarf has a decidedly nautical flair. This shawlette is knit in one piece from the top down in stockinette stitch with yarn over increases that form 3 wedges as it expands toward the border. It is officially a semicircular shape, but forms a crescent as you knit it because the ends begin to curve inward. It is about 6 feet end to end, and a yard and a half at the deepest center point. The center lace panel forms an abstract sailboat, and the shawlette finishes in a cabled nautical braided cord border which is knit on after the body of the shawl is finished using the “applied border” technique. I chose to knit it in just under 2 skeins (270 yards each skein) of Lorna’s Laces Sportmate (#3 light in yarn weight) Merino Wool/Viscose Blend Yarn in the shade of Cermak Blue to represent the ocean. This yarn is DK weight. Other yarn choices can be used, but I do not recommend using anything finer than DK weight. I include complete row counts for the body of the shawlette in the pattern. Nautica made in this yarn is machine washable, delicate cycle & re-pin flat to dry. It’s time to go sailing, and you can take along this easy to wear crescent shaped shawlette!