Starstruck shawl

The fall is approachig, and we´ve made this colourful shawl to greate it. Our melange coloured yarn Pickles baby Merino adds an extra dimention to the daisies, and it´s supersoft on your skin too. The shawl is knitted on large needles to make it airy, soft and nice to wear even on warmer days.

Yarn
2 balls Pickles Baby Merino Winter night
2 balls Pickles Baby Merino Lava
2 balls Pickles Baby Merino Nordic sea
2 balls Pickles Baby Merino Pale desert

Gauge
4"=15 s (daisy)

Needles
Large cicular needles US 15

How we did it
The shawl is knitted with double strands.
Cast on 5 stitches using Pickles Baby Merino Winter night on US 15 needles.

Row 1
Knit

Row 2
*K1, make a daisy stitch like this: Purl the first 3 stitches on the needle together, but DON´T lift the stitch off the needle. Wrap the yarn around the needle, and put the needle back into the three stitches. Pull the yarn back up and lift the 3 stitches off the needle *. Repeat from * to * throughout the row, K1 in the end.
If the daisy is confusing, take a look at this step-by-step explanation.

Row 3:
Change colours and cast on 2 stitches at the beginning of the row, knit the enitre row, cast on 2 stitches at the end of the row.

Row 4:
*K1, purl 3 stitches together to make a daisy*. Repeat from * to * throughout the row, K1 in the end.

Keep on repeating row 3 and 4 as far as you wish. We made 41 rows of daisies.
Change colours every time you knit row 3.

A diagram to help:


After the last row of stars, knit one row while you increase one stitch in every stitch. You do this to avoid that the shawl is to tight at the top. Cast off.

Make pom-poms in the different colours by winding a doubler strand around a book (about 8 inches long). Wind 1 1/2 times for the side where there are loose ends, and 2 1/2 times for the other side. You can use the loose ends to go into the pom-poms.
Fold together.
On the side with the loose ends, tie the ends together, and put the loop into the whole.
Push the loop into the whole from the side where you see the daisies.
Pull the ends through the loop and pull.
Use some scissors to make the ends look neat.
And there you go....