We Shawl Overcome

The auction shawl is underway. I changed the yarn for it twice, starting with Shetland wool (beautiful colors, quite scratchy, and I would probably run out), proceeding to brushed mohair (let us not speak of this again), and ending up with a mill end labeled Nature Spun sport weight. The yarn is single ply, however, and Nature Spun is 3 ply in all weights, so your guess is as good as mine. It's lovely and soft, though, a nice springtime color, and I'm getting to the point of not having to think much about not splitting it.

I promised an original design, which it is, a riff on your basic openwork diamond pattern (from the first Walker treasury and pretty much any standard pattern reference). What I aspire to in the originality department is more along the lines of Mim's Mountain Peaks Shawl.


I'd join the Mountain Lace KAL if I didn't already have my work cut out for me here: I figure all I have to do is average two complete repeats (24 rows) a day, and I should finish in time. Probably a bit more than that, actually, to allow time for finishing and blocking.

Meanwhile, over on Ruth's blog, I'm being blamed for pointing out an error in a Jaywalker sock. Let the record clearly state that 1) I was miles away at work during the Trouble; 2) Ruth clearly identified the culprit, and it wasn't me. Really. I think my reputation is starting to precede me.