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Cynara Shawl– Knitting Pattern
Cynara is a top-down, half pi shawl designed with a variety of traditional lace patterns carefully chosen to evoke the life cycle of the thistle plants that thrived in my grandpa’s back yard in rural Maryland. The bottom edging was designed to resemble the plant’s extensive root system. Above that, the Victorian thistle leaf pattern depicts young thistle rosettes growing into mature plants. The open clove stitch in the middle section resembles seeds surrounded by the fuzzy white pappus. A single row of star motifs represents the feathery seeds blowing in the wind. The stockinette band adorned by staggered 3-into-3 star stitches represents the pappus bristles as they rest on the ground. The top open mesh band represents the seeds as they begin to put out little roots to start the process anew.
photo by © Dee O’Keefe
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