This shawl was designed in support of St. Anne’s Church -- a historic church in Toronto, Canada, that was devastated by a church fire in June 2024. All profits from this shawl will go towards the church restoration fund.

This shawl is a celebration of light and hope triumphing over tragedy. “The light shines in the Darkness, and the Darkness cannot overcome it.” (John 1:5) Despite the fire, the community of St. Anne’s has come together in hope to continue their ministry and their work to support the Toronto arts community. Inspired loosely by the mosaic motifs on the back wall of the High Altar of the church, this shawl is my attempt to knit a tiny bit of good into the world.

Sample is shown in Dye-Version Merino Lace. Sadly, Dye-Version yarns is, sadly, no longer in business -- for yarn substitutions I would suggest any lace weight merino yarn or a lace weight yarn without a substantial halo.

For questions and support, please visit this thread in my Ravelry Group, e-mail me at sarahdawnsdesigns@gmail.com, or send me a PM here on Ravelry.

The pattern uses a combination of written and optional charted instructions. In addition, this pattern also has an accessible large print option that is compatible with screen-reading software. This option is written in minimum 24 point Arial Font with black text and no italics; and all images have image descriptions.

Techniques Used:

• long-tail cast on
• increases: yo
• decreases: k2tog, ssk, cdd
• stretchy bind off using knit2togtbl

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Pattern Usage:

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If you’d like to make something using this design for
donations to charity, go right ahead. If you want to sell anything you’ve created from this design for charity or commercial purposes, also go right ahead.

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