Sometimes, from the moment you first see a knitting pattern, you know you absolutely-must-knit-it-no-matter-what. Even if it is absolutely crazy and huge and you're not quite sure what you'll do with it after you knit it.
![celestarium shawl knitting](http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n450/shes_sew_cute/celestarium1_zps40de6370.jpg)
For me, Celestarium was that knitting pattern.
Celestarium is a huge circular shawl with beads arranged to form the constellations as seen from the northern hemisphere, with the North Star in the center. I began this project on December 21st, 2013, right before I went home for Christmas. This seems like a pretty intimidating pattern at first glance-- there are 6 sets of charts, and the final chart is 8 pages long. After I got into the rhythm of count-knit-knit-knit-yarn over- bead-knit-knit, though, it became relaxing and fairly mindless knitting. It was really satisfying to watch the constellations emerging as I finished each chart.
![celestarium shawl knitpicks stroll](http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n450/shes_sew_cute/celestarium2_zpsbe939e62.jpg)
I knit my Celestarium with Knit Picks Stroll yarn in the Midnight Heather color. According to the pattern, it should have taken 1200 yards on size 4 needles. However, even though I went up to size 6 needles (I am a tight knitter and wanted to keep the shawl light and airy), I only used 1039.5 yards of yarn. That leaves me a skein and a half of yarn to knit up into little dark blue hexipuffs for my Busy Bee Blanket! ...Well, eventually. Not now. I have had enough navy blue for the moment.
![celestarium stash dash 2014](http://i339.photobucket.com/albums/n450/shes_sew_cute/celestarium3_zps3fbb8363.png)
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wow, such an impressive knitting project! I've seen the pattern being mentioned on several blogs but I didn't think there'd be many people who actually knit it. the final result is fantastic - definitely worth the effort!
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