Vintergatan is the Swedish name for the Milky Way, the galaxy that contains our Solar System. It is also the name of a poem by a Finnish poet Zacharias Topelius.
In the poem, two lovers get separated by night and death and sadness and shame. They were damned to live on separate stars on opposite sides of the blue wide space, with worlds and suns between them. In the longing and love for each other they start to build a bridge, from world to world and sun to sun. In 1000 years they build and when the bridge is done they run to each other arms and a star brightest of the heavens arch, after a thousand years of sadness put every heart abloom.

The pattern is Tech Edited

Measurements
70 cm (27.7 inch) circumference, 47 cm (18.5 inch) height.

Notions

• 1 extra needle for 3 needle bind off
• 1 tapestry needle to sew in the loose ends

Stitches needed
K, p, sl and some cables

Cable Abbreviations

• 3/1 LC = Slip next 3 stitches to cable needle and place at front of work, k1, then k3 from cable needle.
• 3/1 RC = Slip next stitch to cable needle and place at back of work, k3, then k1 from cable needle.
• 3/2 LC = Slip next 3 stitches to cable needle and place at front of work, k2, then k3 from cable needle.
• 3/2 RC = Slip next 2 stitches to cable needle and place at back of work, k3, then k2 from cable needle.
• 3/3 RC = Slip next 3 stitches to cable needle and place at back of work, k3, then k3 from cable needle.