Again Around The Sun

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  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo &co0py; Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

  • Photo © Marnie MacLean

This year feels like a lot of everything all the time, and while there are days I don't want to crawl out of my blanket fort, I get to celebrate fifty years of life, twenty-five years with my partner, three years with my dogs, a new-to-me home in a new-to-me state, twenty-two years at my job, and a lifetime of crafting.

The number of candles I'd need on all those cakes would be a real fire hazard, so instead, I designed a piece featuring the lovely Flicker Flames stitch pattern from Barbara Walker's Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns.

The crescent shape helps it stay on your shoulders when worn in any number of ways as a shawl and the cotton fabric feels great even right against the skin. But it's just as comfortable as a cozy scarf, wrapped double around the neck. It has the potential for year-round use in many climates.

Sizes

  • Wingspan: 50 inches/127cm
  • Center Godet Depth: 14 inches/35.5cm

Supplies

Approximately 300 yd / 460 m of medium weight yarn

Note: Yardage is overestimated to allow for discrepancies in gauge and swatching.

  • US 9 / 5.5 mm circular knitting needle, at least 32" / 80 cm long*
    stitch markers
    tapestry needle
* Or size to obtain gauge


Gauge

16 sts x 32 rows over 4" / 10 cm in garter stitch after washing and laying flat

Note: Gauge is approximated here and is not instrumental to the success of this shawl but may impact the finished size and yardage required for your piece. Yardage has been slightly overestimated to account for swatching and variation in gauge.

What you get

Pattern is available on line for free at Knitty.com. The pattern is charted. 

Skills required to knit this garment:

  • Knitting
    Purling
    Casting on
    Binding off
    Yarn overs
    Decreasing
    Increasing

Errata

September 29, 2025:

Note: To make the chart smaller, the side sections are condensed. On Rows 1-2 of the chart, you will k to the first marker, work the sts in the yellow green repeat box 3 times, and k to end of the row.

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