I’ve just posted to my first Knitalong, a blog devoted to knitting the Icarus shawldesigned by Miriam Felton and published in Interweave Knits, Summer 2006. Ideally, a knitter would post several times to a KAL blog, as he or she progressed through the project, but there was a delay between my inquiry and the invitation to join the blog, so that by the time I got the invitation, I was finished the shawl. Because it was my first KAL ever, I decided to go ahead and post the whole adventure at once, from beginning winding the yarn for Icarus on July 12th through to blocking it last Friday. And, ta-da, here it is in all its unblocked glory
Here’s a closer view so you can see the “feathers” — sorry this is less focussed than it could be.
a close-up shot of the shawl’s “tail” point
And here are some shots of me trying out how I’ll wear the shawl — I’m most likely to wear it as a scarf, probably often with the tail part of the triangle in front, perhaps asymetrically. It’s light enough to easily tuck under a coat collar so I think it’s going to be really versatile and get a lot of wear. I don’t wear much red, but I love this shade as an accent to an otherwise fairly neutral palette.
I had to include one shot to let you see the design stretched out more clearly, the second photo from the bottom–my daughter took this just before we headed out to our little island pub for dinner. Not a great shot, but you get the idea. And no, I didn’t wear the shawl there — it was 28 degrees here today (Celsius, of course!)
Damn woman, you got skillz!
Whoa, that was fast — I only just posted!
It’s pretty, isn’t it!
the shawl turned out beautifully.
just wanted to drop the hint that I am the type of person who wears gifts for a long time. I still have and do wear 4 sweaters mom made for me, one of them from grade 9!! just thought I’d mention that.
hilary
mom you look like a model in one of those knitting magazines!
hilary – I’m impressed you’re still wearing sweaters from high school. (also, nice effort. Mom is a pretty easy mark so I’d say you have a good chance at getting something knit for you 😉
thanks, Bronwen! But I guess there’s a big difference between a Knitting Magazine model and one in Elle or InStyle!
Hilary, Bronwen’s right, I’m a pretty easy mark, so the hint is duly noted — which are the high school knits? would I remember any?
It’s beautiful! And a lovely color on you!
Gorgeous! That shawl nearly inspires me to knit one of my own–it’s so lovely and intricate, I can just imagine the pleasure it will give you while you wear it: in the midst of anything, you can simply glance down at your shoulder and have a bit of handmade beauty immediately available.
I sometimes feel almost naughty when I wear my handknit socks (a feeling akin to wearing pretty lingerie to work). Although handknit items aren’t necessarily, um, sexy, they certainly can be a private pleasure and luscious luxury.
Nice bookshelves, too.