Velvety Night

> Shielding oneself from the cold and hard world with a delicate lace shawl? Yes please! The soothing stitch pattern will let you drift away from the daily stress one stitch at a time. Velvety Night is a shawl worked as a rectangle flat and fastened with buttons in one corner. The repetitive lace pattern is easy to memorize. The lace sections are divided by garter stripe sections, and every other one of them has some eyelets as well. **Size:** 17.75" / 45 cm wide, 53" / 135 cm long. **Yarn:** Kässäpuoti Ilmi Finnsheep single-ply (100 % Finnsheep wool, 400 m / 100 g) or other (light) fingering weight yarn. Shown in undyed. 2 skeins. **Yardage:** 865 yards / 790 meters. **Needle:** 3,75 mm (US 5) - 32” / 80 cm circular needle. Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain the right gauge. **Gauge:** 21 sts x 34 rows = 4 x 4” / 10 x 10 cm in lace pattern worked flat (after blocking). **Others:** tapestry needle, 3 buttons (approx. 0.6" / 15 mm in diameter).