I promised shawl progress photos, so here they are. It might be a case of “blink and you’ll miss it”, though. The photograph in Folk Shawls looks lovely:
If you can’t read the writing on the photo, it’s called “North Sea Shawl”. The problem is, my progress is anything but lovely:
The yarn is amazingly cheap, 100% cashmere which I bought from eBay. It bulks up considerably when it’s washed, so the stringiness doesn’t bother me. In fact, I’m not sure what is bothering me about the pattern. Maybe it’s the simplicity after knitting with Fluff Silk Haze. This cashmere is very smooth, doesn’t get caught on the needles or split or do anything wrong. And the pattern is so easy I learnt it after knitting half a row, unlike Kiri. I have just the right amount of yarn for the shawl, too…
On the suggestion of a wise monkey I know, I have googled the pattern to see if any other finished ones are on blogs elsewhere, and those I have found do look lovely. So I might just stop procrastinating and get knitting!
