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Guánica (Spanish pronunciation: ɡwanika) is a small town on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico. It has beautiful beaches, mangrove trees, access to an actual Gilligan’s Island, and an old abandoned lighthouse; and it’s just a short ride outside of Puerto Rico’s Jewel of the South, Ponce. The Guanica Cowl brings the waves, sand, and the seaweed of Guanica, PR home. The design is meant to invoke the calm of the sea. The cable border is reminiscent of waves and starts your adventure with this shawl. Then you pick up stitches to continue to the sand. The sand is created using a seed stitch. Then the seaweed grows from the sand using a lace pattern. The cowl is completed with a bit more sand and the waves. The elements included are accessible to knitters of all levels. If you need learn any of them or just need to brush up, there are links to tutorials at the end of the pattern. The Guanica Cowl is knit in the round starting with the construction of the first cable edging, then moving to the seed stitch. The bulk of the cowl is constructed using a lace pattern. It is then completed with rounds of seed stitch and the addition of the second cable edging. This pattern is broken into sections for ease of construction.
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