Joyful Crescent Shawl

A light and airy crescent shawl, this shawl will easily become your go to accessory for cool evenings.  Knit from the top down, using two skeins of fingering yarn, Joyful Crescent is a great way to use up those slow changing gradients in your stash.  The sample is knit with Knitwits Freia Handpaints Ombre Fingering Shawl ball and Blue Moon Fibers Super Sparkle.  

The large chevron sections show off the slow gradient changes of the Freia beautifully and the Super Sparkle adds a bit of bling to the smaller chevron sections and perpendicular edge finish.  Choose your favorite gradient and sparkle or dig into your stash.  

MATERIALS

YARN                                                                                      

•  830 yds (758m) Fingering weight yarn
• Featured Yarn:  
• Yarn A – Knitwits Freia Handpaints Ombre Fingering Shawl Ball

100% Merino - 430 yds (393m) Color:  Fuchsia - 1 skein

• Yarn B - Blue Moon Fibers Super Sparkle 

92% Superwash Merino/ 8% Lurex - 400 yds (365m) Color:  Blue for Ewe - 1 skein             

GAUGE

• 22 sts x 32 rows over 4” (10 cm) in Chevron A with needle size after blocking
• Make sure to check your gauge 

NEEDLES

• US 6 (4 mm) circular needle/length 40” or size needed to obtain gauge
• US 6 (4 mm) DPN

NOTIONS

• Stitch Markers – make sure one is a removeable marker
• Darning/Tapestry Needle

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

• 19” deep x 74.5” (47.5 x 186.25 cm) long with perpendicular edge