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. 
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I hope you get better soon. x
That shawl is very nice, if you do turn into a Cardassian you can wear it and cover up, no one would notice!
ooooh aaaaah looking very gorgeous, I want one!
) Sorry to hear your not feeling so good, hope you feel better very soon.
Goodness you must be really sick if you can’t knit. Hope you are back on form soon. Can’t wait to see the finished shawl.
So pretty! You are a clever thing.
Hope you are feeling better very soon
That looks beautiful and floaty Bronte, I hope you’re feeling better soon xx
Hope you feel better soon! – and the shawl is just lovely.
That looks almost ethereal, it’s so floaty light. Hope you’re feeling better soon
Cardassian…
Hee! Hee! I think you’re way too pretty to look like a Star Trek being.
Loving the shawl.. Celestial is beautiful to work with when you get the hang of it and it goes on for miles and miles!!
Oh dear, hope you get well soon, and don’t turn into a space alien (though maybe there is interstellar stash we all don’t now about yet, so it could turn out to be useful?).
The shawl looks fab