Hot on the heels of the Moonwish Wrap, I can present the second shawl I designed in my series of at least four shawls/wraps/scarves: the Star Beam Shawl. Today I'll show you some photos and next week you can expect the pattern here and in my Ravelry and Etsy shops.

With each shawl design, I'm aiming for a different shape. The Star Beam Shawl has a shape that is commonly referred to as a dragon tail shape. I think my design definitely resembles a dragon tail, especially with the edging of popcorns and picots. I would have liked to have called it the Dragon Tail Shawl, but if you do a search of that name, you'll get so many hits...... So a more original name was called for. To link it up with the Moonwish Wrap, I decided on the Star Beam Shawl.

Below you'll find a few more photos so that you can see it's a very versatile shawl that can be worn in many different ways. You can also adjust it to any length you want; adjustment instructions will be included in the pattern. Of course you can also use a different kind of yarn. I used Scheepjes Our Tribe to create a beautiful drape, but you could also use a thicker yarn like Scheepjes Whirligig. Using a thicker yarn means a larger shawl, especially in width (length is adjustable), and a different kind of drape, but it would work very well for this design.





Thank you to Scheepjes for providing the yarn for this design.
*The affiliate links in this post support giveaways, free patterns, discounts and the running of this blog. By purchasing yarn through these affiliate links, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Thank you! 

Today I'm not writing a very lengthy blog post. I just want to make you curious about my new shawl design :-) so I'm posting a few sneak peek photos. In my previous post you can read all about the history behind the yarn I selected for this shawl, so you'll understand how special it is for me to work with it.
Last month I published the pattern for my very first shawl design called the Moonwish Wrap. It's a top to bottom circular shawl easily adjustable to any size. For this new shawl design I wanted something completely different, but still adjustable to any size you'd like. I won't show you anything beyond the bottom part of the shawl, but perhaps you can guess what the finished shape is going to be.

I already have ideas for two more shawls. Shape possibilities are endless and I fear my hands won't be able to keep up making all the shawls! But a series of say four different ones is doable. For now, my focus is on finishing this one. I'll reveal more next week.

I'm also struggling with the naming issue again.....I enlisted your help to name the Moonwish Wrap and received so many lovely suggestions. But it's still hard to decide on a good name because I'm somehow determined it should be a name that hasn't been used on Ravelry yet. Or at least not for a shawl, scarf or wrap. For this shawl I thought of Shooting Star Shawl (ties in nicely with Moonwish Wrap) but as you can guess, there are already a few shawls with that name. Starshine Shawl also sounds great, or Starlight Shawl, but both are taken. Stardust, but that's the name of another Scheepjes yarn. What about Star Beam Shawl? That might be the perfect name as it's still 'available.'

I'll leave you with a close-up of the gorgeous shades in the Our Tribe colourway I'm using (colour 975 Canadutch). You can find all the technical details and where to shop for this yarn below.


Our Tribe is a variegated yarn that is beautifully twined, which creates a dappled effect and thus the idea that there are even more than 6 different colours each ball consists of. The more the colours contrast, the more dappled the effect. It's super soft and works up very smoothly and quickly. It consists of 70% Merino Superwash and 30% Polyamide and comes in 100g (420m) balls suitable for hook/needle size 2.5 to 3mm, or even larger when making shawls because that'll result in a beautiful drape. It's machine washable at 40 degrees. Since the day we created the blogger colourways, quite a few new colours have been added to the range and now you can choose from 38 different colours - both variegated and single colours.
Thank you to Scheepjes for providing the yarn for this design.
*The affiliate links in this post support giveaways, free patterns, discounts and the running of this blog. By purchasing yarn through these affiliate links, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Thank you! 

Our Tribe: Canadutch colourway

Let me round off with some (technical) yarn details. Our Tribe is a variegated yarn that is beautifully twined, which creates a dappled effect and thus the idea that there are even more than 6 different colours. The more the colours contrast, the more dappled the effect. It's super soft and works up very smoothly and quickly. It consists of 70% Merino Superwash and 30% Polyamide and comes in 100g (420m) balls suitable for hook/needle size 2.5 to 3mm, or even larger when making shawls because that'll result in a beautiful drape. It's machine washable at 40 degrees. Since the day we created the blogger colourways, quite a few new colours have been added to the range and now you can choose from 38 different colours - both variegated and single colours.

Thank you to Scheepjes for providing the yarn for this design. *The affiliate links in this post support giveaways, free patterns, discounts and the running of this blog. By purchasing yarn through these affiliate links, I will receive a small commission at no extra cost to you.  Thank you!

For the pattern release I did another photo shoot and added a touch of peacock. I couldn't help myself: there just has to be something peacocky in there if at all possible. I think the shawl and necklace work very well together. The necklace featured is my Peacock Eye Necklace that I designed a few years ago and it is available on my blog and on Ravelry and Etsy.

Moonwish Wrap pattern
Let's focus on the Moonwish Wrap pattern now.
Below you'll find the pattern in US crochet terms, with the UK equivalents in the table (also below).
You can find the Dutch pattern here. Je vindt het Nederlandse patroon hier.

In my Ravelry and Etsy shops you can purchase a PDF version of this pattern at a discounted price.
The advantages of the PDF version are:

• Clear layout with instructions in bullet-point format
• Photos to support the written instructions
• Similar graphic design to all of my other PDF patterns
• You support my work so that I can continue to publish free patterns and offer discount codes

Thank you!

US Crochet Terms		UK Crochet Terms
[   ]	total number of stitches on a row	[   ]	total number of stitches on a row
5dc-popcorn	popcorn with 5dc	5tr-popcorn	popcorn with 5tr
ch	chain	ch	chain
ch-1 sp	chain 1 space	ch-1 sp	chain 1 space
ch-2 sp	chain 2 space	ch-2 sp	chain 2 space
dc	double crochet	tr	treble crochet
rep	repeat	rep	repeat
sc	single crochet	dc	double crochet
slst	slip stitch	ss	slip stitch
st(s)	stitch(es)	st(s)	stitch(es)
yoh	yarn over hook	yoh	yarn over hook

In my Ravelry and Etsy shops you can purchase a PDF version of this pattern at a discounted price.