Heart of the Dragon is a long, crescent-shaped shawlette designed to showcase the beauty of that special single skein of fingering weight yarn that has been patiently waiting in your stash for the perfect project. It is worked sideways with a rolled selvage edge, a section of garter stitch that gradually increases and then decreases in width to form the crescent shape, and a lace edging. Gauge is not critical, and the length of the shawlette can be adjusted with the number of pattern repeats.

The pattern uses two types and sizes of beads to highlight the lace pattern in different ways. There is some lace pattern on the wrong side rows, and a few fiddly stitches like p2tog tbl. Stitch counts for the lace section are included for each row.

If you are having trouble with the p2tog tbl, there is an alternate method explained here. Thanks, MelsNattyKnits for the link!

Instructions are both written and charted.

Low Vision Accessibility: This pattern is available in a low vision accessible format as a separate PDF with the pattern file name in ALL CAPS LVA. It is written in 24 point Arial font in all black text on a white background. All text is left-justified and has no italics. All of the directions are fully written out. This pattern is also screen reader accessible and has been reviewed and tested to work with a screen reader. It does not contain any parentheses. Special thanks to momcook for her guidance and testing.

I offer this pattern for free for personal use or charity.