“Sun in Cold Water” is the September KAL in the Beginner Lace Knitters group on Ravelry. Since purchasing a ball of super-colorful Zauberball in March, I’ve been searching for a pattern that would show off the stunning colorway.  After several failed attempts, I’d put the ball aside — but this pattern seemed like it would suit perfectly. I’m pleased with the results!

Project: Zaubershawl

Pattern: Sun in Cold Water

Designer: Julia Faranchuk

Available: FREE! on Ravelry

Yarn: Schoppel-Wolle Zauberball in #1536

This shawlette is a crescent, worked from the bottom up.  The designer’s intent was to allow intentional pooling of a short-repeat variegated yarn — of course my extra-long repeat Zauberball doesn’t do that.  The initial cast-on is provisional — you come back at the end to work a loopy crocheted-chain edge.  (You can also make the crochet chain first, and pick up every 6th st to cast on.)  Short rows shape the body.

After my recent spate of shawlette-making, I’ve become opinionated.  I made a number of modifications to this pattern, to suit my own preferences.

• using s2kp throughout instead of sk2p throughout
• changed last two rows of chart to line up better with the leaves
• short rows: did graduated lengths for a more crescent-y shape
• 3-st icord bind off at top edge
• bottom finish: SC in each loop, ch3 between (instead of ch6)

I decided to pull out points, rather than pin each of the 259 crochet-chain loops:

The blocked shawl: