2026 Purple Needle Pattern- Knit (digital pattern)

Yarn Hop pattern downloads will be available July 17-August 17 for FREE with the download code given to all Hoppers! Simply add the pattern to the cart and apply the discount code at checkout for 100% off your pattern. Walk in the Mendocino County oak woodlands and you will often find turkey tail mushrooms, Trametes versicolor. They can be found more or less year-round on dead and decaying hardwood tree species. The colors in their fantail-shaped fruiting bodies can range from rust and ochre to dusty browns and nearly purple grays to slate-like blues. The typical half-circle shape and colorful stripes of the turkey tail mushroom make it the perfect vehicle for a stripey half-pi shawl. Renowned designer Elizabeth Zimmermann first created the design for a circular pi shawl, based on the relationship between a circle’s circumference and its radius. A half-pi shawl is just as it sounds: a half-circle based on the same mathematical principles.