Girasole
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This versatile circular lace pattern can yield a warm and homey throw worked in Shelter, a pleasingly rustic shawl in Loft, or a gossamer web suited to formal occasions in Vale. Knit from the center outward in concentric rings of varied charted motifs, Girasole engages your mind and fingers at every spiral of knitting and produces a beautifully integrated whole. Keep it classic in a warm or cool white or work up the perfect bright accent in a floral hue.
Yardage
Laceweight Version: 1150 total yards of laceweight wool yarnWorsted Weight Version: 1675 total yards of worsted weight wool yarn
Yarn
Laceweight Version: 3 skeins Brooklyn Tweed Vale (100% American Rambouillet wool; 450 yards/50 grams) or Hedgehog Fibres Merino Lace
Worsted Weight Version: 12 skeins Brooklyn Tweed Shelter (100% American Targhee-Columbia wool; 140 yards/50g)
Worsted Weight Version photographed in Shelter, Hayloft
Laceweight Version photographed in Vale, Heron
Gauge
Laceweight Version: 24 stitches & 26 rounds = 4” over lace pattern, after blockingWorsted Weight Version: 16 stitches & 18 rounds = 4” over lace pattern, after blocking
Note: Finished gauge will vary once shawl is blocked into circular shape.Listed gauges are a guide. Experience shows us that this pattern looks wonderful in a number of gauges and yarn weights. Experimentation is encouraged!
Needles
One 32” circular needle and one set of double-pointed needles (DPNs) in size needed to obtain pattern gaugeLaceweight Version suggested size: 4 mm (US 6)Worsted Weight suggested size: 5½ mm (US 9)32” circular needle can be used instead of DPNs if using the Magic Loop method for working small circumferences in the round (e.g., the center of the shawl).
Finished Dimensions
Laceweight Version: 51” (129.5 cm) diameterWorsted Weight Version: 72” (183 cm) diameterMeasurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking
Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:Circular Cast OnBackward Loop Cast OnCrocheted Provisional Cast OnKitchener Stitch (Grafting)
Skill Level
3 out of 5
Please note: the stitch patterns for this shawl are charted only.