Inspired by a young lady whose middle name is Moon.
She likes to drop subtle hints to her Mom, who is one of my testers. So I designed this large square in honour of her.

This is Melissa’s Moon’s Shadow, together with Chantelle and Grace, and Lotus Pavilions.

They mix and match beautifully, and I know the finished blanket with be gorgeous.

24” Afghan Square

Using worsted/Aran weight Yarn with a 5.5mm hook.

Approx. 575 meters/625 yards of yarn needed.

I used Stylecraft Special Aran: Graphite, Silver, Teal, Aspen and Lemon.

Stylecraft Special Aran is available in 30 gorgeous colours at Lovecratfs, The Knitting Network and Woolwarehouse, both deliver worldwide.

The tutorial includes stitch abbreviations, details of any special stitches, and step by step instructions, with lots of pictures, as usual.

This square will sit perfectly with any of my 12 inch squares, with a final stitch count of 84 stitches, joining works perfectly with the 40 stitch (plus corners) count of my 12 inch squares.

Here is Moon’s Shadow with, Desire, Rosetta, Spinning Around, Star Crossed, and With Love.

I will also be creating some smaller squares.

If you have seen, or made either Rose of Avalon or Dream Weaver, you will understand how I like to mix it up, with different size squares. Heart of Friendship also uses different size squares.

But you don’t have to follow the way I have done it!

There is also the Elements collection, which is made up of five different patterns.

All of the small squares in these patterns are the same size and stitch count…so mix them up as much as you like.

Have fun, and do what you love.

Here are some of the beautiful Moon’s Shadow squares made by my testers.

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