Helia

Picture this: balmy weather, fading light, good company, and a gorgeously curvy shawl full of attitude and romance tossed casually around your shoulders to protect you from the temperate evening breeze.

Helia is a beautifully versatile summer piece.

Knit her in light woollen-spun yarn for casual BBQs, add silk and dress her up fancy for weddings and parties, or play with colour and go for something perfectly in between for a midweek meal somewhere local.

Perfect for knitters who love a challenge and including charts and written instructions,

Helia begins at the top to create a body of simple, airy eyelets before adding a sideways border of delicious, undulating floral lace finished with a sweet picot edge.

FINISHED MEASUREMENTS

Wingspan approx. 92.5”/235 cm (blocked).

Depth approx. 31”/78 cm (blocked).

NEEDLES & NOTIONS

US 6/4 mm circular needles approx. 32”/ 80 cm long.

Adjust needle size if necessary to obtain gauge.

1 stitch marker, pins & wires for blocking (all optional).

YARN

6 balls of Ulysse by De Rerum Natura (100% Merino wool); 202 yds/185 m per 50g ball), 2 of “Darjeeling” (Yarn A – dirty mustard) and 3 balls of “Poivre et Sel” (Yarn B – silver).

If substituting yarn, approx. 372 yds/340 m sport- or fingering-weight yarn in Yarn A and approx. 606 yds/555 m sport- or fingering- weight yarn Yarn B.

GAUGE

16 sts and 24 rows = 4”/10 cm in lace body stitch flat, after blocking.

8 eyelets wide, 10 eyelets deep to 4”/10 cm.

Border lace repeat = 11”/28 cm wide and 3.75”/9.5 cm deep.

SKILL LEVEL

Three Balls (see: https://www.trulymyrtle.com/blog/all-the-balls)