Vesna Shawl

Vesna Shawl draws inspiration from spring herself, from soft scatterings of early flowers to the graceful unfurling of new fern shoots. Worked at a loose gauge using just **two skeins of fingering weight yarn**, the piece is light yet surprisingly generous in size. The shawl combines garter stitch with airy lace into a delightfully entertaining knit of the best "just one more row" kind. Two halves of the shawl mirror each other with colors inverted - an approach that allows to use up all available yarn from both skeins and to adjust the pattern to available yardage. The lace pattern is **both written out row-by-row and charted**, with video support included. This pattern was specifically designed to make variegated skeins shine, but works beautifully with almost any colorway. Liked this stitch pattern? Check out [Vesna Tee][1]! **Size** - Wingspan 88" / 224cm + tassels - Depth 27.5" / 70cm **Yarn** - Each Color A and Color B: 430yds / 395m of fingering weight yarn - Sample shawl Color A - Simple Sock from Machete Shoppe (75% superwash merino, 25% nylon; 463yds / 424m, 3.5oz / 100g), in Rainbow Chard (green-pink variegated) - Sample shawl Color B - Line Weight from Purl Soho (100% merino, 494yds / 451m, 3.5oz / 100g), in Heirloom White (off-white) - Choose two colors with enough contrast to highlight the details of the pattern **Needles** - US 4 / 3.5mm needles on a long cable or the size needed to obtain gauge **Gauge** - 24 sts and 46 rows in 4" / 10cm in Garter Stitch, unblocked - 22 sts and 44 rows in 4" / 10cm in Garter Stitch, blocked - Can be changed to fit the desired yarn. This will affect the required yardage and the finished size of the shawl **Construction** - The shawl is worked from the corner towards the center with increases along one side. Once the middle is reached, symmetrical decreases along the same side shape the second half of the shawl. - The body of a shawl is formed by a sequence of stripes in three stitch patterns: Garter Stripe, Eyelet Stripe, and Fern Stripe (textured lace). - The design is completely symmetrical. All the stripes from the first half of the shawl are mirrored in the second half, but worked in opposite colors. This allows to increase /decrease the length of a shawl by repeating / skipping some of the stripes. - Optional tassels can be added for a more playful look. [1]: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/vesna-tee