All sales of this pattern will be donated to the Douglas Institute Foundation for Mental Health: https://fondationdouglas.qc.ca/

This design was imagined by Christine Homonylo as part of the KID SILK CONTEST that took place on my blog in the spring of 2022. Christine submitted a project based on the Nebra Sky Disc: a 4,000 year old wooden circle representing the oldest starmap.

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“I chose to use KID SILK to illustrate the colors of the sky and opted for the silky, shimmery CASHSILK LACE from Biscotte Yarns to represent the stars. The contrast of textures and colors of these two yarns is perfect to evoke the fascinating composition of this ancestral sky disc.” - Louise

YARN Also available as a KNITTING KITS HERE
Louise Robert Collection – KID SILK 75% kid mohair, 25% silk; 210 meters / 25 g in the following colors and quantities:

• 2 skeins of Kid Silk Botticelli (A)
• 1 skein of Kid Silk Air du temps (B)

Biscotte Yarns – CASHSILK LACE 50% silk, 50% cashmere; 395 meters / 50 g in the following color:
* 1 skein of Cashsilk Poire (C)

NEEDLES & NOTIONS

• Circular needles of 3.5 mm; US #4 (or size needed to obtain gauge) – cable length of 120 cm; 47 in.
• Tapestry needle
• Blocking pins & mat (blocking wires are recommended)

GAUGE
18 sts = 10 cm after blocking in stockinette stitch with the KID SILK. Obtaining the exact gauge is not important to knit this shawl. However, knitting with a tension different from the suggested gauge may require more yarn than the quantities listed above.

NOTES - This shawl is worked in a crescent shape by increasing 2 sts on every right side rows and 4 sts on every wrong side rows to the end.
In addition to the written instructions, the stitch pattern for the mosaic design in SECTION 3 and the final border in SECTION 5 are also available as a grid form at the end of the document.

La version francophone de ce patron se trouve sur LesLainesBiscotte.com