Lughnasadh is the seventh festival in the Wheel of the Year. It falls on 1st August, and is also know as Lammas. The first harvests have been gathered in: the flax crop, the early grains, soft fruits like blackcurrants and raspberries. Time to celebrate the bounty. The year is beginning to wane, we are halfway between Litha/midsummer and Mabon/equinox. The days are still warm but shorter, evenings a little cooler.
Lughnasadh the shawl is an asymmetrical triangular shawl with a memorable all-over lace pattern, knit on the bias from the pointy end, gradually increasing in width. It can be knit in any lightweight yarn, to any size, with a choice of two grounds, garter or stocking stitch/stockinette; and two cast offs, standard stretchy or crochet chain cast off.

Tension
Measure the tension over the lace pattern after washing and blocking. Tension is not crucial for this shawl, but will affect yarn quantity.
Light Fingering: 20 sts and 28 rows = 10 cm / 4” on 4 mm needles, garter ground.
4ply/fingering: 18 sts and 32 rows = 10 cm / 4” on 4 mm needles, stocking stitch/stockinette ground.

Finished size
This shawl can be made to any size. Finished sizes of the samples shown are:
Light Fingering: 226 cm/90 ½” length along longest edge x 95 cm / 38” deep at its widest point.
4ply/fingering: 248 cm/99 ¼” length along longest edge x 117 cm / 46 ¾” deep at its widest point.

100g of sock yarn makes a shawl approximately 226 cm/90 ½” x 95 cm/38” x 158 cm/63 1/4” .

This pattern has both charts and written instructions. It has been thoroughly professionally tech edited, but has not been test knit except by me. Full pattern support is available by email.

This pattern is also available from the Granary Knits Payhip store.