Shawl 12, Morning Mist

Ah, a non-blogged project.  I should be deeply ashamed, but it was made with Handmaiden's Double SeaSilk in Salt Spray.  I love dk-weight shawls, and these colors are so pretty that I can't castigate myself too much for being enraptured with the knitting instead of the picture taking.  Bad blogger, you're stuck with only light knitting for 6 weeks more.  That'll learn ya.

blue, green, silver leaves over cream and white

my favorite picture:  shows the drape well

a detail shot on green (I don't have a lot of black)

detail shot showing tail construction, and the beautiful variegation

I think Handmaiden is incapable of putting out a bad product.  And I seem to have a weakness for her stunning colorways.  The Autumn Glow version of this shawl was purchased and gifted recently;  I hope that the recipient loves it as much as I loved knitting it.  This cool color shawl would be equally stunning on white, black, blues....  the subtle twists of color combined with the gorgeous silk sheen make this one of my top 3 favorite finished objects from this project.

The name for this shawl was inspired by an early morning drive I took while knitting it.  The colors of the frost, the cool pale sky, and the frozen lichen on the trees glimmering in the weak sunlight;  the mystery and beauty of the morning... they all seemed perfect for each other.

Shawl 11, Whisper. Finished

This is the shawl I started knitting when we got the last of the family related unhappy news.  I went to my simplest pattern in pure silk single spun yarn.  With everything that went on, this got far less blog-time than knit time.  I did mention it here, but shamefully didn't blog it much more than that.  On the other hand, I did have other important knitting that needed to get done (which you can see at that link as well), and which my Mom is mailing for me because the wrist slows me down... a lot.

Anyway, enough of my blah-blah-blah.  Time for pictures!

I may be biased, but I love the way these patterns work together.

top lace detail

how it drapes & looks on white.  Summer bride would be so pretty and comfy in this....

I even like it on deep black/red.

Knitting with silk single-spun is like nothing else.  The finished fabric of silk lace has a graceful drape that I've never seen any other fiber manage.  It is cooler than the wool/hair based yarns, but it holds just enough body warmth to make it feel like a perfectly smooth second skin.  So, in honor of the feel of this shawl, I name the finished object Whisper.