Product Description
Dayna is a "heartshaped", or crescent, shawlette made out of 100g sock yarn. Looking like a bird spreading his wings, Dayna is the perfect little accessory for your neck in transitional weather: you can wear it around your shoulders to show off the stitch pattern, or you can wrap it around your neck like a scarf if the weather gets cooler.
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Dayna Shawlette by Stefanie Bold
What Is Being Made
Dayna is a heart-shaped triangular shawlette designed by Stefanie Bold. This elegant lace accessory features a distinctive heart silhouette created through strategic increases and lace patterning. The finished shawlette measures 130cm along the upper edge with a length of 35cm, making it a versatile size suitable for layering or wearing as a delicate shoulder wrap.
Craft and Techniques
This is a knitting project worked in the lace knitting technique. The pattern begins with a foundation strip of garter stitch, which forms part of the upper edge and provides a stable base for the lace sections. After completing the garter stitch strip, stitches are picked up along one long edge and the cast-on side, allowing the knitter to work the main lace portion in a seamless construction. The lace component is the focal point of the design, creating the heart-shaped silhouette through deliberate yarn-over and decrease combinations.
A key consideration for this pattern is that gauge cannot be traditionally measured when working lace, as the final dimensions depend significantly on how severely the piece is blocked during finishing. The designer notes that her personal knitting tension is relatively tight, and recommends that knitters with looser tension use finer needles to ensure adequate yardage for completion.
Stitches Used
- Garter stitch (knit every row) for the foundation strip
- Lace stitches including yarn-overs and decreases for the main shawlette body
- Stitch pickup techniques along cast-on and side edges
Materials
Dayna is designed to be completed from a single 100g skein of fingering weight yarn containing 380 meters (415 yards). The pattern calls for a 3mm circular needle (US size 2.5). Fingering weight yarn, also known as sock yarn, is a fine yarn weight that creates delicate, detailed lacework ideal for this shawlette's intricate design.
Difficulty Level
This pattern is rated as intermediate difficulty, making it suitable for knitters with some experience in lace techniques and stitch manipulation, though not recommended for absolute beginners.
```Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Yarn Weight: | 4 Ply |
| Pages: | 8 |
| Designer: | Stefanie Bold |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English, German |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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