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According to family legend, Lady Floriombra was a Renaissance embroiderer who vanished without a trace, leaving behind patterns as mysterious as her disappearance.
This shawl imagines one of those lost fragments, recovered and reassembled with care. Two mirrored halves, reunited after centuries carrying echoes of secret shadows and jasmine scent.

Lady Floriombra is a stole built like a rediscovered manuscript: two halves, worked from the tip toward the center, joined with care to preserve the flow of the motif.
The marlisle technique blends laceweight yarn with mohair for a soft, hazy texture, while the geometric pattern plays with symmetry and interruption, echoing the idea of an unfinished embroidery finally pieced together.
The work is started at each of the points with an i-cord CO of just a few sts. The design grows organically with increases interspersed between the delicate lines until it reaches its final width. The lines evolve into lovely branches topped with little bobbles. When the central panel between the lines has enough stitches, a beautiful night flower blooms to illuminate the design.
This project invites you to slow down, observe the details, and reimagine the story as you knit.

Size: One Size.

Finished measurements: Length 170 cm / 67”; width max 40 cm/15.75”.

Yarn
MC: Rowan KidSilk Haze (70% Superkid mohair, 30% silk; 229 yards 209 meters/25 gr), col. 599 Wicked, approx 400 m/437.5 yards.
CC: Malabrigo Silkpaca (70% Baby Alpaca, 30% Mulberry Silk; 420 yards 384 m/50 g), col. Disfraz, approx 700 m/ 765 yards.
Note: Choose two yarn colors with a good
luminosity contrast between them. A dark MC with a lighter CC is recommended.

Needles
One 80 cm / 32” circular needle in size needed to obtain gauge.
Suggested needle size: 3.5 mm /US 4.

Notions
2 markers A, 2 markers B.
Tapestry needle to weave in ends.

Gauge
24 stitches and 34 rows = 10x10 cm (4”) in garter stitch holding the two yarns together measured after blocking. )
Note: Gauge is not critical for this project but may affect yardage and final measurements.