I have a throat infection, lumps on my neck (Mr B thinks I’m turning into a Cardassian) and generally feel flu-ey and achey, which means I can’t knit. Or at least, I can knit but it isn’t pleasant. So I’m not. Which means less than impressive progress on my knitting-which-isn’t-a-sock at the moment.

Why yes! I’m knitting something that isn’t a sock!

The shawl is my own design. I’ve wanted to design a triangular shawl in the style of Kiri and Flower Basket (both of which I’ve knit before) for a long time. It’s my favourite style, and I love starting off with a tiny amount of stitches and watching the number grow and grow. I think the border will be quite plain, but haven’t planned it yet. There’s a while to go, though, before I have to worry about that!

The yarn I’m using is Celestial from Angel Yarns and is like a finer version of Rowan’s Kid Silk Haze. I tried knitting it with 4.5mm needles but it was far too fine. I’m using 3.5mm needles now, and think I could go even smaller, but I like a fairly open fabric. Just not so open that small animals can jump through the holes. I have worked about four repeats of the pattern and, according to my kitchen scales, have used just seven grammes – SEVEN GRAMMES! – of my 100g ball of yarn. It’s already too long to spread fully across an 80cm circular needle. This could be the biggest shawl in the universe. Or at least, the biggest I’ve ever knitted.