The Vela shawl is a fun piece, with it’s geometric design, and easy to wear shape. This pattern is a relaxing knit, with a stitch repeat that you will quickly memorise. Do you have two skeins, in contrasting colours, patiently waiting in your stash that need to become something you’ll find yourself reaching for time and time again? The Vela shawl could be the answer!
The side to side construction of this pattern means that this shawls size is fully (and easily) customisable according to your needs and/or your yarn amounts.
This pattern comes with both written instructions AND charts
Vela is a constellation, in the southern sky, that I can see where I live. It is Latin for the sails of a ship, and this was the inspiration for this piece.

SPECIAL THANKS go to Millpost Merino for their kind and generous yarn support for this pattern. www.millpostmerino.com.au

Yarn Requirements
-4 ply/fingering weight yarn, Colour 1 (C1) 340m/370yds, Colour 2 (C2) 340m/370yds. Amounts are approximate, and knitters have used from as little as 230m/250yds of each colour and made a good size shawl, to 380m/415yds of each colour to make a very large shawl.

Finished Size:
186cm (74”) length x 40cm (16”) deep, after blocking. Size is approximate and is easily customisable.