Melody's Shawl

I was impressed by the construction of Melody's Shawl, and decided it would be a nice simple knit for my trip to Canada. I finished shortly after I returned home.

The main feature of this shawl is that it's knit in the round, and then stitches are dropped and cut to create a fringe. The cutting was done late one evening


And the result is pretty and pleasing, I was very happy with it.

The yarn is Fyberspates laceweight silk, really nice to knit with. It turned out big enough to use as a shawl with a dress, but light enough to bunch up and use as a scarf (which I've been doing since I completed it)



My ownly recommendation to others is to use something with more grip. Any time I catch a stitch in the silk, it creates a fairly significant mark. If the yarn was grippier, I think it would be harder to pull a stitch.

I've moved on now, and started some socks for my husband. This is his first pair... he realised when trying on my father's socks that maybe warm wool socks would be a good thing!


We are inching closer to daylight, but not quite there yet...

Oh, and I've been thinking about a blog contest. Stay tuned :)