Product Description
Early morning in your garden, the dew feels cold and wet on your bare feet and the morning glories are unfurling their flower buds, as the first rays of sunlight wake them up. Winding vines, sparkling dew drops on the leaves and delicate flowers soaking up the sun’s warmth!
This crescent shaped shawl with optional beading is worked top down with lace panels like vines winding their way through the stockinette body. Towards the edge everything is in full bloom!
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Materials:
Yarn: 2 skeins Dream in Color ‘Wisp’ in ‘Morning Glory’ (50% Merino, 50% Silk; 550 yds (2.01 oz)/503 meters(57 g) lace weight) (actual yardag
Ipomoea Crescent Shawl by OwlCat Designs
What is Being Made
The Ipomoea is a crescent-shaped knitted shawl designed by OwlCat Designs, inspired by the beauty of morning glory flowers unfurling in a garden at dawn. This intermediate-level knitting project captures the delicate aesthetic of winding vines, glistening dew drops, and blooming flowers through thoughtfully constructed lace work and shaping. The shawl features optional beading for those seeking additional embellishment and visual sparkle reminiscent of morning dew on leaves.
Construction Method and Design
The Ipomoea shawl is worked from the top down, a popular construction method that allows knitters to try on the garment as it grows and adjust the final size as desired. The design incorporates lace panels that function like winding vines, traveling through a stockinette stitch body. This combination of textured lace against smooth stockinette creates visual contrast and depth. As the shawl progresses toward the edge, the lace work intensifies, creating the effect of flowers coming into full bloom.
Knitting Stitches and Techniques
- Lace panels: Openwork sections that mimic the flowing, organic lines of climbing vines
- Stockinette stitch: The smooth, flat base fabric that provides contrast to the lace work
- Top-down construction: Beginning at the neck or shoulder area and increasing outward to create the crescent shape
- Optional beading: Decorative beads can be incorporated throughout the design for added sparkle and dimension
Yarn and Materials
The Ipomoea pattern calls for 2 skeins of Dream in Color 'Wisp' yarn in the 'Morning Glory' colorway. This lace weight yarn is composed of 50% Merino wool and 50% silk, offering both warmth and elegant drape. Each skein contains 550 yards (503 meters) at 2.01 ounces (57 grams), with the complete project requiring approximately 980 to 1000 yards (897 to 915 meters) of yarn.
Needles and Tools
- Circular needles: US Size 5 (3.75 mm) circular needles, 32 inches minimum length (81 cm), with 60 inches (150 cm) recommended for comfortable working
- Gauge consideration: Knitters should select needle size appropriate to their personal tension and the specific yarn being used, as individual gauge varies
- Optional flower pin: A set of double point needles US Size 5 (3.75 mm) and cable needles are needed if creating the accompanying flower pin embellishment
Skill Level
Rated as an intermediate knitting project, the Ipomoea shawl is suitable for knitters with foundational skills who are ready to work with lace patterns and manage shaping through increases. The combination of lace work and top-down construction requires attention to stitch counts and pattern repeats, making it an engaging project for developing knitters seeking to expand their technical abilities.
Specifications
| Brand: | Independent Designer |
| Designer: | OwlCat Designs |
| Craft: | Knitting |
| Format: | Downloadable PDF |
| Languages: | English |
| Number of Patterns: | 1 |
| Skill Level: | Intermediate |
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