Shirazz is a rectangular stole knit from the bottom up, and the two resulting halves are grafted in the center. The bottom edges organically transition into the main pattern as they are simply a repeat of one of the main pattern rows. The side panels are knit in a variation of Herringbone lace pattern (Barbara Walker, A Treasury of Knitting Pat...

’Voda’ means ‘water’ in Russian. The pattern is yet another variation of the beloved lily-of-the-valley motif.

The scarf is knit in the round which eliminates the need to weave in the ends. Grafting it into a toroid completely hides the wrong side. If you don’t like grafting (Kitchener stitch), you can leave the scarf ends open and finish it by adding tassels or buttons or small pompoms to the peaks, or whatever else you like.