Cloud Gazer Shawl

Cloudy days get a bad rap, but there’s so much to behold in the celestial mist. Who hasn’t searched for familiar shapes among the puffs of white? From the wispy cirrus clouds to the foreboding cumulonimbus, their ephemeral beauty makes time stand still as the heavens advance. On all but the clearest of days, we have a free ticket to an amazing moving picture show. Cloud Gazer is a top-down crescent shawl with an all-over knit-purl pattern. The simple shaping and straightforward stitch pattern are perfect for daydreaming. The knits and purls shift every few rows, creating diagonals of stratocumulus clouds. Knit in a plush merino-cashmere-nylon fingering, an ethereal halo adds to the reverie. The curling ends flutter in the breeze as you watch Mother Nature paint her happy little clouds on the vast blue canvas.

The shawl can be worked until you have just enough yarn to bind off using Bronwyn’s Kfbf Bind-Off. Using a kitchen scale is helpful for using up all of your yarn.