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A fabulous stole, with an intricate design of buds and peacock feathers drawn using brioche stitch over a garter background.
Pavone features a pattern that reminds of a peacock feather, hence the name(Pavone means Peacock in Italian) .
It is worked using a strand of lace yarn together with a strand of lace mohair yarn to obtain an incredibly soft and light fabric.

This is an advanced brioche project, using two-color brioche worked flat on a garter background, beading and patterning on the “WS” of the fabric to obtain a fabulous, elegant and absolutely stunning piece.

This stole is started from the center back with a provisional cast on and worked out to the first point. When the first side is finished, stitches are taken back from provisional cast on and the second side is worked in the same pattern as the first one.
While the pattern is quite complex, finishing is minimal, but the blocking requires care.

Finished size: 200 x 60 cm (78.75 x 23.5”).
Note: It is possible to change the size using different needle size and/or yarn weight. It is also possible to make a shorter version, working only one repeat of the Body Pattern, instead of two.

Yarn
DC: Rowan Fine Lace (80% Suri Alpaca, 20% Merino Wool; 400 m 436 yds/50 g); col. 00933 Aged, 2 balls.
DC (to be used together): Rowan kidsilk haze (70% Mohair, 30% Silk; 210 m 230 yds/ 25 g); col. 00685 Laguna, 4 balls.
LC: Rowan Fine Lace (80% Suri Alpaca, 20% Merino Wool; 400 m 436 yds/50 g); col. 00942 Chalk, 2 balls.
LC (to be used together): Rowan kidsilk haze (70% Mohair, 30% Silk; 210 m 230 yds/ 25 g); col. 00642 Ghost, 4 balls.

Needles
3.5 mm /US 4 * circular knitting needles with 60 cm/24” cable.
* or size needed to obtain gauge.

Notions
2 markers.
Tapestry needle to weave in ends.
(optional)
450 golden beads
380 black beads

Gauge
21 stitches and 38 rows = 10x10 cm (4”)in two-color garter stitch.
Note: Gauge is not critical for this project.