Hello, my beautiful blossom! This week, I have a lovely, circular shawl pattern to share with you. As promised, it’s the long-awaited, crochet sister pattern to our Camarodonta shawl. Read on to learn more!

Crossaster was designed by Janica York Carter. She says, “Crossaster papposus is the scientific name for the common sunstar, a many-legged starfish. This circular shawl begins with a 12-pointed star motif. Stitches radiate outward in lace designs that froth like ocean waves. If you don’t like to work puff stitches, you can simplify the last section by replacing any puff stitches with double crochet stitches instead.”

Crossaster is an Intermediate level pattern and is for those crocheters who are ready to combine a variety of lace stitches while working in the round. Skills/concepts include V-stitches and optional puff stitches. This pattern includes written instructions only.

Our Alpaca Silk Lace yarn is the perfect choice for this shawl! It’s a heavenly blend of 50% baby alpaca and 50% mulberry silk that’s warm and soft with a gorgeous drape and a shimmery glow. When you combine alpaca with silk, you get a yarn that is pure luxury and a joy to work with. Although this yarn is a lace-weight yarn, it’s more like a light fingering, which makes it easy to knit and crochet with. With a whopping 604 yds/552 m per skein, just a few skeins are enough for most projects.

 

The original version of Crossaster was crocheted with two skeins each of Wild and Free Alpaca Silk Lace and Purity Alpaca Silk Lace or approximately 2,126 yds/1,945 m of pure, lacy bliss. The Updated Version is shown made with one Rose Latte Hues Alpaca Silk Lace Kit. Yardage breakdown for the updated version is not available.

We made a video demonstrating how to work a few rounds of the first section and how to work the special stitches in the next two sections.

Take a look!

 

 

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Talk to ya soon.

XOXOXO  Chandi