Initially inspired by the shapes of bat and dragon wings and the random nature of organic beings, however, this pattern took on a larger meaning with the Australian wildfires.

Now, it represents a bat wrapping its wing around you to give you a big hug!

The design takes inspiration from the fact that like humans, each animal is unique and so will each bat hug. The Bat Hug utilises rolls from a 6-sided dice to determine which point section should be completed. 

If you don’t want to do dice rolls, there is a table of numbers which you can use to determine the next number.

How to make it your own!

A simple design allows you to customise it and add your own stamp to it.

Each shawl will be unique due to the random dice roll which generates a unique section ordering each time.

But here are a few yarn tweaks you could make. Want to create a fade, go ahead, make each section a different colour, that would look cool. Create a marl with two 4-ply yarns held together, which would add some fun colour and texture!

The Bat Hug Shawlette is perfect for using skeins you already have in your stash. Looks great in solid, speckled and even variegated yarns. It can even be adapted to other yarn weights!

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Yarn

• 212 - 850m / 232 - 930 yds
• Fingering/4-ply
• Purrl Kitten Toe Bean Sock (75% superwash merino, 25% nylon; 100
  grams; 425 m / 464 yds)
• 1-2 skeins in Bad Unicorn!
• Held double when knit

or

• 113 - 225m / 123 - 264 yds
• DK/8-ply
• Purrl Kitten Tabby DK (66% non-superwash merino, 33% superwash merino; 225 m / 264 yds)
• 1 skein in on a roll

Needles

• US 7(4.5mm) circular needles, or size to obtain gauge

While straight needles may be used for the smaller sizes, It is recommended that circular needles are used to accommodate the large number of stitches as the shawl grows.

Gauge

• 19sts and 26 rows = 10cm / 4” in Stocking st on 4.5mm (US 7) needle after light blocking

Gauge is not critical for this project, however, a different gauge may vary yardage and final measurements

Notions

• Daring/Tapestry Needle
• 6 sided dice (d6)

Sizes

Neck wrap:

• Inner curve: approx 65cm (25 ½ inches)
• Long edge: approx 64cm (25 inches)
• Short edge: approx 44cm (17 inches)

Shawlette:

• Inner curve: approx 76.5cm (30 inches)
• Long edge: approx 89cm (35 inches)
• Short edge: approx 56cm (22 inches)

Shawl:

• Inner curve: approx 90cm (35 ½ inches)
• Long edge: approx 128cm (50 inches)
• Short edge: approx 70cm (27 ½ inches)

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This pattern has been tech edited and test knit to ensure the pattern is clear, consistent and free of errors. However, we are still human, so small issues can still slip past us. If you have a pattern support question, send an email to purrlkittenyarns@gmail.com and we’ll get back to you within 24-48 hours