Ausma

Ausma is Latvian for sunrise/dawn. When I received the Reliquary II colourways, their beautiful low contrast hues reminded me of the early summer mornings right at the dawn, when the first drops of light slowly are pouring over the meadows, adding a gentle glow to everything it touches and seeping through the thin layers of summer fog.

Ausma is designed to showcase the lightness and versatility of a laceweight yarn and highlight the contrasts between textures achieved with alternating panels of the yarn held single and double. It also is an invitation to explore a gentle colour shift by holding MC and CC double, creating a blended colour change within the body.

Ausma is a symmetrical shawl knit top down. Flower lace panels of the main body knit in a single strand in MC are alternated with texturally rich puff rib stitch sections worked in MC and CC held together and culminating in the end ribbing knit in two strands of CC held together for a brighter contrast.

The patten has been thoroughly tech edited.

SIZE: Wingspan (length along the longest edge): 83” (210 cm)

Depth: 37” (94 cm)

Side Edge: 55” (140 cm)

YARN & YARDAGE:

A Verb For Keeping Warm, Reliquary II (80% Superfine Merino, 20% Silk; 875 yds (800 m) per 4 oz (100 g) skein). Total of 2 skeins.

MC: Santolina, 875 yds (800 m) – 1 skein.

CC: Paloma, 810 yds (740 m) – 1 skein.

Note that the pattern consumes almost all of MC. Please use CC instead for swatching prior to casting on.

NEEDLES: US 3 (3.25 mm) circulars with 32” (80 cm) cable. (or size to obtain a close gauge)

GAUGE: 19 sts x 34 rows = 4” (10 cm) in flower lace pattern in the laceweight yarn held single after wet blocking.

NOTIONS: Stitch markers, tapestry needle, blocking tools.