Honey Crescent Shawl

Like a golden moon rising on a warm summer night, Honey Crescent Shawl is light, luminous, and quietly striking. Inspired by the honey moon — the magical full moon of early summer — this design is a celebration of warm weather knitting. This **one-skein shawl** combines modern lace with a classic crescent shape that drapes beautifully around the shoulders and wraps comfortably as a scarf. Thanks to its flowy, open texture, it’s surprisingly generous in size for a single skein shawl. Knit from the top down, this project is **suitable for adventurous beginners** and can be easily adjusted to use up almost any available yardage. **Yarn** - 437yds / 400m of fingering weight yarn that holds blocking well - Sample shawl: Cotton Wool Fingering from Peninsula Yarn (50% pima cotton, 50% sw merino; 3.5oz / 100g, 437yds / 400m) in color Gold, 1 skein - Get the yarn used for sample shawl [here][1]! **Needles** - US 7 / 4.5mm needles for the first half AND - US 9 / 5.5mm needles for the second half of the shawl - Or two sizes needed to obtain gauge **Gauge** - 17 sts and 37 rows in 4" / 10cm in garter stitch on smaller needles, blocked - 15 sts and 33 rows in 4" / 10cm in garter stitch on larger needles, blocked - Stitch patterns of this shawl require assertive blocking. Difference in gauge will affect the required yardage and the finished size of the shawl. **Size** - Wingspan 60" / 152cm + tassels - Width at the widest point 12.5" / 32cm **Construction** - The shawl is knit flat with full crescent shaping. Rapid increasing along the edges makes them curl inward, creating a true crescent with long tips and narrow middle. - The shawl starts with a garter tab which flows into garter edging used throughout the piece. - The pattern features four stitch patterns: garter stitch, stockinette, eyelets, and lace. - The first pattern repeat is worked on smaller needles and the second - on larger ones. This adds visual interest to the shawl, as pattern repeats seem to be worked in slightly different stitch patterns due to the change in gauge. - You can increase/decrease the size of the shawl by repeating or skipping some of the stripes. - Tassels can be added for an extra touch of boho and to make corners look more polished. [1]: https://peninsulayarn.com/collections/cotton-wool