December brings my favourite knitalong of the year. The Advent KALendar is a shawl knitalong published in 24 daily clues, from Dec 1-24, 2019. At this point we’re about halfway through.
Each day a small piece of the pattern is released, and I make sure to take a little bit of time each day to sit down and knit my daily few rows. It’s such a pleasure to sit down and knit a little bit, just for fun, each day leading up to Christmas. It’s usually such a busy season, but the Advent KALendar makes me remember to slow down a little bit. And of course on top of that, by Christmas you will have a completed shawl.
This year, th shawl design is inspired by Vecernica, the Evening Star in Slavic mythology. Vecernica is one of the the Zorya sisters (who inspired the 2015 Advent KALendar).
Vecernica is the protector of lost travellers. She helps them find the right path to travel straight to their destinations. At dusk she closes the gates to the sun gods palace as he returns home from travelling across the sky. Vercernica is also the mother of the stars, and they act as guiding lights for travellers.
Yarn requirements:
Two contrasting colours of fingering weight yarn.
Colour 1: 430 yds/393 m, 100 g
Colour 2: 430 yds/393 m, 100 g
(or approx 400 yards of each colour).
As always, the pattern is available on Ravelry. It’s $6 for the PDF version.
