The Salacia shawl is now available as a single pattern as well as a in a kit from Craftsy.
I got a chance to design the shawl in the fall as a part of Craftsy launching Cloudborn Yarn. There were many amazing yarns to choose from, and I was immediately drawn to the Cloudborn Alpaca & Highland Naturals yarn. It’s a fingering weight yarn, with a 50/50 blend of alpaca and wool. It’s wonderfully soft and airy, and the naturals just have such an amazing depth to them. The shawl actually uses three different shades – smoke, stone and espresso.
The shawl is knit from the neck to edge with the sand coloured sections filled of tiny bubbles made by the waves lapping the shore. The edging has large, dark pearls – jewels of the sea for the sea goddess – and ends in waves.
So often in lace knitting, there are straight lines. There are lots of stitch patterns with diamonds and such, but knitting circles and bubbles is a little less common. I found that the sandy sections were very relaxing to knit. As I was knitting my little bubbles, I was just enjoying the soft yarn. The pearls required a little bit more attention to the chart, of course, but it’s neat to see how the circles form.
The Salacia Shawl is named after the the goddess of the sea and springs in Roman mythology. Salacia was the queen of the oceans and the wife of Neptune.
The pattern is available as a single PDF pattern for $7.00
