Rhodora is a uniquely shaped crescent shawl featuring beautiful botanical lace and delicate openwork borders. The shawl begins at the top with a set of short rows, which shape the crescent. The short rows are worked in simple beaded lace, which flows seamlessly into the botanical shapes of the deep border. The border combines leaf and floral shapes with gossamer openwork, which is sprinkled with small seed beads throughout for a bit of elegant sparkle (approx. 1050 8/0 3.0mm seed beads).

finished measurements:
Wingspan: 57 ½“ / 146 cm
Depth at center back: 21” / 53.5 cm

suggested yarn:
1 hank Lost City Knits Oak Barn Merino Lace (1000 yd / 914 m per 3 oz / 90 g skein; 100% Merino) in Cranberry
Coneflower

needles:
Size US 5 / 3.75 mm circular needle, 32” / 80 cm long or longer
Size US 6 / 4 mm circular needle, 32” / 80 cm long or longer
Size US 8 / 5 mm needles (for BO only)
Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge.

notions:
Stitch markers, tapestry needle, blocking pins, approx 1050 3 mm 8/0 seed beads (optional), crochet hook (0.60 mm, optional—for bead placement only)

gauge:
20 sts and 28 rows = 4” / 10 cm in Stockinette stitch, using smallest needles

2 June 2016: Errata in the chart of the original pdf:
Row 23 of the Leaves chart should have three double decreases - the single k2tog should be sl2-k1-psso.

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