Solite

Solite is pure sunshine on your needles; a beautifully substantial, yet light-as-air shawl, and the perfect summer project. Literally So-Lite!

Kits for Solite are available HERE!

Solite is a delicate top-down Half Pi shawl that starts with a garter tab. It features traditional Shetland stitches that play with Japanese Delica and Czech crystal beads. The highlight of the shawl is the Cockleshell stitch, a Shetland stitch pattern I found through one of my favorite Shetland lace artists, Angela Grace Irvine. Over ten years, Angela completed six Shetland lace sea-themed sails for her grandfather’s replica model schooner; and those sails inspired this shawl.

Solite is knit in Marianated Yarns’ Anita Lace, a drapey BFL/Silk blend dyed specifically to show off your delicate lace stitches.

MATERIALS
Marianated Yarns, Anita Lace; (55% Superwash Bluefaced Leicester, 45% Silk; 875 yd [800 m]/ 3.5 oz [100 g]); Daffodil Daze
US Size 6 [4 mm] needles, or size needed to obtain gauge
Stitch markers (optional)

Optional
464 8/0 Delica seed beads (approx. 15 gr) (A)
137 4 mm Czech crystal bicone beads (C)
Super Floss for placing beads

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS
Approx. 73 inches [185 cm] wingspan x 30 inches [76 cm] deep at center
(this will vary with blocking technique!)

GAUGE
22 sts x 32 rows = 4 inches [10 cm] in Stockinette st, unblocked