Pattern coming Friday May 16th!

Lagun means friend. When I first started drafting the idea of this simple kerchief, I was thinking how lovely it would be to fit two little neck accessories in one precious handspun Nomad Noos High Mountain Yak skein, one for you, one for a dear friend. That’s why first I worked a plain version, to test the yardage and size, and then the decorated version with slip stitches and bobbles. But I didn’t want the pattern to end there. I know kerchiefs are “hot right now”, a perfect transitioning piece for chilly early spring mornings or evenings, but one might want to make the most of a skein (leftover or full), so the pattern also provides directions to knit a bigger shawlette (or full shawl, depending on how much yarn you want to use) to maximise use of all the yarn you have.

Sizes & Measurements
Sizes: One size (kerchief size).
Length (wingspan): 80 cm / 31½”.
Height: 20 cm / 7¾”.
Directions are also given to work a shawlette to an indeterminate size but maximising use of “all the yarn you have”, size will depend on the amount of yarn available.

Yarn
Option A: Nomad Noos High Mountain Yak (100% Yak; 50 g / 340-375 m). Sample shown in colourway Dear Valley Spice.
Both versions (plain or slip stitch and boobles) use 25 g for the kerchief size.
Note that Nomad Noos High Mountain Yak is handspun and sometimes yardage can be difficult to estimate. Testers who used the original yarn have used similar amounts of yarn. One 50 g skein of Nomad Noos High Mountain Yak should be enough to knit two kerchief-sized pieces.
NOTE: For commercial light fingering weight yarn (50 g / 260 m), ~30 g of yarn is recommended for the kerchief size.
Option B: Fingering weight yarn: 35-40 g for the kerchief size.

Gauge
Option A: With light fingering weight yarn, 3 mm / US 2.5 needles: 24 stitches x 44 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4″ in garter stitch, worked flat, after blocking
Option B: With fingering weight yarn, 3.5 mm / US 4 needles: 21 stitches x 38 rows = 10 x 10 cm / 4 x 4″ in garter stitch, worked flat, after blocking

Needles
Option A: 3 mm US 2.5 needles (or the required needle size to obtain gauge) for light fingering weight yarn
Option B: 3.5 mm US 4 needles (or the required needle size to obtain gauge) for fingering weight yarn

Other notions
bulb-type markers, measuring tape, scissors, darning needle, blocking materials (optional)

Construction
Worked side to side, it starts with an i-cord cast-on, then grows by increasing on one edge, and once the desired half length has been reached, decreases are worked on the same edge increases were worked. Its final shape is a triangle, with an allover i-cord edge, and garter stitch body. Optional decorative motifs: bobbles and horizontal slip stitch columns.

Techniques
i-cord cast-on and edge, knitting, increasing (make one left), decreasing (knit two stitches together), and grafting. Optional: making bobbles and slipping stitches.

Acknowledgements
Thank you to my kind group of testers: bealemonade, Arantxa Prieto, Leti Berzal, artaboada, bealavender, knittingsharky, Maria Casillas, Yoya Del Olmo, Soniamix