It seems like a long time since I finished my last shawl. Usually I knock one off every five weeks or so, but this one was an unusually slow knit, and has had a few issues as well.
Still, it is lovely.
It is also, as you can see, quite large! It measures 34″ from neck to [...]
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Pattern: Wing-’o-the-Moth Shawl
Materials: 3 oz Jaggerspun Zephyr laceweight (see below for color)
Needles: US size 5 32″ circulars (or maybe 4s?)
Cast-on: November 21, 2007
Finished: December 6, 2007
Wow, was this a fast knit! I cast on over the Thanksgiving holiday and never really worked all that hard on it, but somehow it was finished the first week [...]
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Materials: Jaggerspun Zephyr laceweight, color “peacock”
Needles: size 5 circulars
Pattern: Peacock Feathers Shawl, from Fiddlesticks Knitting
Cast on: June 27, 2007
Finished: July 28, 2007
A friend of mine bought a whole 1 pound cone of laceweight Zephyr. I’m not sure if the realization of just how much laceweight yarn 5,040 yards really is occured to her at the [...]
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