Seasons of Persephone is constructed using Elizabeth Zimmerman’s Pi formula and is available as both a circular and a half circle shawl.

More information on the history of the shawl and what inspired it is available in the blog post HERE.

Shawl is written for Nupps or Eyelets or Beads, if you bead, you will also need: A crochet hook small enough to fit through the beads and size 8/0 seed beads. Border: 400 beads for half circle, 750 for full circle. Chart B: 60 for half circle and 110 for full circle.

Yardage requirements will vary depending on gauge, the number of repeats of Chart D and if nupps are worked.

Gauge listed is for prototype shawl. You will probably need 600 to 1000 yards for a half circle and 1000 to 2000 for a full circle.

Prototype half circle shawl used 820 yards at 5 stitches per inch unblocked, with 6 repeats of Chart D and a nupped border.

A half circle shawl knit at 7 stitches per inch unblocked, with 7.5 repeats of Chart D and a beaded border took about 600 yards.

This is the April 2011 pattern for the Greek Mythology lace club. Public release of pattern, June 2, 2012.

ERRATA NOTICE

Errata listed below apply to the original club pattern only.

Half Circle version
Chart A, written directions for Rows 2, 4, & 6 should be: (P1, YO, P2togtbl, P3, P2tog, YO)

Chart A, Row 2 Chart -- second stitch should be a YO.

Chart D, written directions for Rows 8 & 12 should be: K1, (K1, K2togtbl, YO, K1, YO, K2tog, K2)

Chart D, written directions for Row 4 should be: K2tog, (YO, K5, YO, SKP) to 7 stitches before border, end YO, K5, YO, K2togtbl

FULL CIRCLE
Chart D: Note: Round 4, beginning of round moves 1 stitch to the left. It moves one stitch back to the right on round 5. The EOR does not move back to the right.