Cheshire Cat Shawl
The Cheshire Cat first appeared in A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tounge (1788) by Francis Grose, but was popularized as a fictional cat in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was originally used in the phrase “he grins like a Cheshire cat” which meant someone who shows his teeth and gums in laughing.The body of the shawl shows the stripes of the cat, and the overall shape is his grin.The Cheshire Cat Shawl is a top-down shawl.
The pattern is charted.
$6.00/$20.00 (ebook) Finished measurements: wingspan: 160 cm (63″), height: 55 cm (21.5″)Yarn: 1 skein of Merino Sock from indigodragonfly (100% superwash merino – 390 yds/356 m per 100 g) in I Made That Tape Special for Today (High Fidelity) 1 skein of Merino Sock from indigodragonfly (100% superwash merino – 390 yds/356 m per 100 g) in Where’s the Regenerate Switch in this Convertible? (Doctor Who vs. Downtown Abbey)
Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5) needles
It is available in downloadable .pdf format as a single pattern for $6.00.
It is also available as a part of the Fairy Tale Lace ebook (7 patterns) for $20.00.
