This heart-shaped triangular shawl is named after the novella Rock Crystal. Written by Austrian author Adalbert Stifter, the text is about two lost children who survive a night on a treacherous glacier (with the help of coffee extract no less). The pattern of this shawl is meant to recreate the images of a glacier: cracked and smooth ice, deep crevasses, and various shades of blues. The variation in texture and depth is a combination of different stitches as well as switching between holding the yarn double and single. Make this shawl, and maybe it’ll keep you warm on your own glacial adventure!

Required Techniques
German Short Rows for Garter
Garter Tab Cast On

Yardage
A: 570 yds/ 522 m
B: 480 yds/ 439 m
C: 255 yds/ 234 m

Needles & Notions
US 6 (4 mm) 40” (100 cm) circular needles
2 stitch markers
yarn needle

Finished Measurements
Wingspan: 80”/ 203 cm
From cast on edge to triangle tip: 29“/ 74 cm