The Vizier's Daughter

Scheherazade, the Vizier’s Daughter, is the legendary storyteller of One Thousand and One Arabian Nights. She agrees to spend one night with the king, a tyrant who has married and the next day beheaded a virgin one thousand times already. At nightfall, Scheherazade begins a story, which she stops mid-tale at dawn. Enthralled by the narrative, the king spares her life until the next night, when she finishes the story and begins another, again pausing at dawn. And so it goes for 1001 nights, until she tells him she has no more stories, during which time the king has fallen in love with her. Kinder and wiser, he spares her life and makes her his queen.

This one skein shawl is knit sideways with a garter stitch body and narrow bottom edge.

Yarn: Wooly Wonka Fibers Aerten Sock TT (80% superwash merino wool, 10% cashmere, 10% nylon; 400 yards/100g); 1 skein, shown in Persian Tiles.

Gauge: 26 st and 26 rows/4” in garter stitch; lace repeat is approximately 4.25” at widest point, after blocking.