Owl Moon Shawl by Ann Thomsen

Owl Moon Shawl

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Knitting
October 2014
Fingering (14 wpi) ?
27 stitches and 33 rows = 4 inches
in stockinette after washing and blocking, relaxed
US 4 - 3.5 mm
7.0 mm
984 - 1367 yards (900 - 1250 m)
Medium, Large
English
This pattern is available as a free Ravelry download

Owl Moon Shawl is a collaboration between independent dyer Morwenna Palmehn from Mosaic Moon yarns, and designer Ann Thomsen.


This is a triangular lace shawl designed especially for Mosaic Moon, fingering weight/sock weight yarns (colourway + 2 trim yarns).

The design was inspired by the Eurasian Eagle-Owl and the silhouette of the Moon (which is also a key element in the Mosaic Moon logo).

When I sat down with pen and paper and started designing this shawl my aim was to make a shawl/design that brings out the beauty in the Mosaic Moon yarns and incorporates both the colourway yarn as well as the two trim yarns (Mosaic Moon yarn sets are mostly available as a colourway + 2 trim yarns). The result is this flowing and wavy pattern/shawl.

It’s been a real pleasure for me to design and knit the Owl Moon Shawl - and I hope it will be a pleasure for you too to knit it.

The pattern contains instructions for a medium size shawl as well as a large size shawl and the instructions are available both as charted and as written instructions.

The stitches that looks like cables in this design are not really cables at all - they are called ‘mock cables’ and they are quite easy to do.


Measurements:

Here are the exact measurements and yardage amounts used for the sample shawls:

SAMPLE SHAWL - MEDIUM SIZE:
Measurements before blocking:
Width/wingspan approx. 153 cm (60.2 inches)
Length from neck down approx. 79 cm (31.1 inches)
Measurements after blocking (relaxed):
Width/wingspan approx. 178 cm (70.1 inches)
Length from neck down approx. 90 cm (35.4 inches)
Yarn amounts used:
Eurasian Owl colourway = 174.8 meters (191.1 yards), 44 grams
--, habitat trim = 396.6 meters (433.7 yards), 100 grams
--, bronze trim = 309.2 meters (338.1 yards), 77 grams

SAMPLE SHAWL - LARGE SIZE:
Measurements before blocking:
Width/wingspan approx. 175 cm (68.9 inches)
Length from neck down approx. 93 cm (36.6 inches)
Measurements after blocking (relaxed):
Width/wingspan approx. 210 cm (82.7 inches)
Length from neck down approx. 105 cm (41.3 inches)
Yarn amounts used:
Eurasian Owl colourway = 250.9 meters (274.4 yards), 63 grams
--, habitat trim = 600.5 meters (656.7 yards), 151 grams
--, bronze trim = 340.6 meters (372.4 yards), 85 grams

Important - regarding measurements:
Please be aware, that the above mentioned sample shawl measurements and yardage used can and will differ depending on which yarns that are used and of course also any differences in gauge measurements.