Girasole

> Save $1 when you purchase this pattern on [BrooklynTweed.com][1], where you’ll find our knitting resource pages, video tutorials, and pattern support portal. All patterns purchased on our website can be [added to your Ravelry library][2]. Join our crafting community: [sign up for our newsletter][3] for the latest in Brooklyn Tweed patterns, knitting tips, subscriber exclusives, and even more woolly goodness! 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. -------------------------------------------------------- **Construction** This shawl is worked circularly from the center out. The lace edging is worked back and forth and joined to the live shawl stitches as it progresses. **Yardage** Laceweight Version: 1150 total yards of laceweight wool yarn Worsted 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) 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 blocking Worsted 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 gauge Laceweight 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) diameter Worsted Weight Version: 72” (183 cm) diameter Measurements taken from relaxed fabric after blocking *Tutorials for all special techniques listed below are included in the pattern:* Circular Cast On Backward Loop Cast On Crocheted Provisional Cast On Kitchener Stitch (Grafting) **Skill Level** 3 out of 5 *Please note: the stitch patterns for this shawl are charted only.* [1]: https://brooklyntweed.com/ [2]: https://brooklyntweed.com/pages/add-your-pattern-to-ravelry [3]: https://brooklyntweed.com/pages/newsletter-sign-up