Altair Shawl Pattern

A light as a feather, easy to wear shawl...whether you wear it in the day to keep the sun off your shoulders or in the evening to battle the chills. Perfect for a special skein of laceweight yarn such as our Hebridean Lace as shown here.

Size
Wingspan: 145cm/57in
Depth: 65cm/25½in

Materials
1 x skeins Viola Merino Lace (laceweight, 100% merino, 754m/825yds/115g) in Lettuce
2.5 mm crochet hook

Tension
5 pattern reps & 13 rows to 10cm/4in over lace pattern

Difficulty
Intermediate

Skills needed
Basic crochet stitches, working into chain spaces, working in rows.

Construction
Altair starts at one point and is worked in a pattern that increases on the neck edge towards the shortest edge. RS and WS are notional as pattern is fully reversible. As the pattern starts at a point it makes sense to start the pattern as your swatch. Stop, wash and block the piece to check tension and drape then if satisfied you can continue to work.