The Sun Salutation Shawl is a mesmerizing meditation on stacked stitch patterns. Starting with a sun shaped center, each consecutive tier shifts the colors as the shawl expands in a crescent shape. A picot edge finishes the shawl with little rays of light.

This pattern was requested as a companion to the Lotus Challenge with the same stitch motif in a crescent shape.

Photographed at Lorca, a coffee shop in Stamford, CT and host of the local Tuesday evening knitting group.

Finished Size: 72˝ x 24˝ (183 x 61cm)

Yarn: Malabrigo Yarn Silky Merino , 150 yards (137 meters) per 50 g.
Color A: 2 skeins in Manzanilla Olive
Color B: 2 skeins in Smoke
Color C: 2 skeins in Bobby Blue

Needles: Size 7 (4.5mm) 32˝ circular needles, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Gauge: 20 sts x 40 rows = 4 x 4” (10 x 10 cm) square Garter stitch.

Other Materials: 40+ markers, sewing needle, pins, blocking wires (optional)

Edited by Liz Rolle
Photos by Beth Shepherd Peters
Painted Wall by Chris Dam