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In an effort to find a balance between financial accessibility and sustainable pricing, all of my patterns are offered on a “Pay What Works” scale. This allows for financial flexibility while still valuing and respecting the work and energy it took to publish this pattern. The price shown on Ravelry is the “true” value of the pattern that best reflects the time, investment, and creativity of this design. If needed, you can purchase the pattern at a more accessible price point by using one of the coupon codes below at checkout. The prices indicate the amount you will pay, not the discount amount. No coupon code is needed for the highest price point.

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PWW1 - $7.20

PWW2 - $8.40

PWW3 - $9.60

NO CODE - $12.00

 

About the Pattern

When my daughter, Brooklyn, was nine she drew a picture of a girl wearing a shawl and asked if I could knit it for her. There were detailed notes about the shape and stitch details, but without any knitting knowledge, she was designing without constraints. I wasn’t sure if I would be able to bring her dream shawl to life. Many swatches and a few intarsia lessons later, I was able to make her dream a reality!

The half-circle shawl is worked from the top down with a reverse stockinette background and mock cable sun rays that give the shawl its name. The stitch patterns and shaping are easy so you can focus on perfecting your intarsia skills, and having fun with the color combinations.

 

Yarns

You will need approximately 548 yds (501 m) / 200 g of a DK variegated or speckled yarn for the wedges (yarn B) and 274 yds (251 m) / 100 g of a coordinating solid or tonal DK yarn for the rays and border (yarn A).

 

The sample was knit with:

Farmer's Daughter Fibers, Juicy DK, 274 yds (251 m) / 100 g in the Honky Tonkin’ (wedges) and Nammoo (rays) colorways

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Needles 

US 8 (5 mm) needles with a 32 in (81 cm) circular cord.

 

Gauge

In stockinette stitch, 15 sts x 24 rows = 4 in (10 cm)

 

Sizes

One size; see pattern notes for adjustment options and schematic for measurements.

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Notions

• 4 st markers for marking increases

• 5 removable st markers or safety pins for securing butterflies

• Darning needle

• Scale for weighing yarn

 

Special Techniques (Video tutorials are provided for each)

• Intarsia, knit flat

• Knitting with butterflies

• Picot bind-off

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All of my patterns are professionally tech edited and test knit in order to give you the best knitting experience possible. If you feel like there is a mistake in the pattern or you have questions feel free to contact me.