Twenty Four Birds Shawl

Twenty Four Birds is a full-circle shawl, inspired by the iconic prints and tapestries of the Arts and Crafts movement. Those lavish, exuberant depictions of the natural world are a feast for the eyes and the imagination. Lush flowers and forests, twining vines and ripe fruit, mythical creatures and exotic birds: all things bright and beautiful, woven together in glorious abundance. Twenty Four Birds is a tribute to Arts and Crafts legends William Morris and his daughter May, Edward Burne-Jones, and their fellow designers and artists, left us such a legacy of beauty and craftsmanship. This pi-inspired shawl is on a grand scale, full of rich detail and texture, featuring stylised botanical lace motifs which shift into a circle of twenty four “birds” towards the border, But don’t let that intimidate you! The pattern is suitable for brave beginners through experienced shawl knitters: while the lace looks intricate and impressive, the stitches are straightforward and simple. The pattern includes detailed instructions, charts and row-by-row stitch counts with the Curious Handmade Percentage Checklist™ pattern format. The sample uses four skeins of fingering-weight yarn: three gentle speckled colourways arranged in a gentle fade, with a semisolid feature panel as a pop, but the design also looks stunning in a gradient or even a single colour. This pattern was originally published as the Curious Handmade 2024 Mystery Knitalong, in six "clues". The full pattern is now available as a single PDF. If you’d like to knit a semi-circular version of this design, check out its little sister, the Twelve Birds Shawl! **Sample Yarn** Voolenvine Nouveau [100% superwash merino; 365m/400yds per 100g skein], 4 x 100g skeins Colourways: Willow option Colour A: Gilded Lily Colour B: Pimpernel Colour C: Sage Colour D: Willow Marigold option Colour A: Sage Colour B: Pimpernel Colour C: Gilded Lily Colour D: Marigold or Approximate yarn amounts used for sample in a fingering weight single ply yarn: Colour A: 65g; 237m/260yds Colour B: 70g; 256m/280yds Colour C: 95g; 347m/360yds Colour D: 100g; 365m/400yds For a total of 330g (1205m/1320yds) in fingering weight yarn If you've never knit a circular shawl before, I have a handy video tutorial for the cast-on, which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLt0C4o8fzs Happy knitting! Helen x [1]: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/twelve-birds-mkal