The Camassia Shawl is inspired by the wild beauty of the six-petaled camassia blooms. Light and airy lacework forms delicate floral motifs between lines of soothing garter stitch, celebrating texture without complexity. Lightweight and generously sized, this shawl is knit in a signature v-shape that drapes beautifully and is very comfortable to wear.

Instructions for lace are both charted and written out.

Size

• Wingspan, excluding tassels: 188cm (74in)
• Depth: 60cm (23 1/2in)

Yarn

• Laceweight, 640m (700yds)
• Sample yarn: La Bien Aimée Felix (75% Falklands Merino wool, 25% Corriedale wool), laceweight, 100g (31/2oz), 650m (710yds), in Flash Fluo
• The pattern can be used with lightly variegated yarns

Needles

• 3.5mm (US 4) circular needles on a 100cm (40in) cable

Gauge

• 18 sts and 40 rows measure 10 x 10cm (4 x 4in) over garter st, after blocking
• Swatch to determine the needle size that achieves the correct gauge

Construction

• The shawl is worked from the top down, with increases on each side and at the center.
• The shawl is worked in a sequence of stripes in four stitch patterns: Garter Stitch, Stockinette Stitch, Eyelet Stitch, and Flower Lace Pattern.
• To adjust the pattern to the available yardage or to accommodate differences in gauge, increase or decrease the length of the shawl by repeating or skipping some of the stripes at the end.
• Tassels can be added for a more playful look.