And Another!

I promised myself that I would also take a finer lace project with me (if there was room in the suitcase!) I'd even committed to using one of my Colourmart laceweight yarns. So tonight I went and sat and rummaged through the cones (Colourmart yarns come on cones and are still lightly oiled from the mills -- you could say they are "mill ends") I chose one of my favourite colours, then went back to the narrowed list of patterns I liked for lace shawls in Ravelry's listings. And I came up with this:



That's the start of the North Roe Shawl by Odile Buatois, using a cashmere/silk blend in 3/45 (trust me, that's fine!) The colour is cyclamen and is richer than the camera could capture -- at least, at night. It's the finest lace weight I've worked with so far, but not the finest in my collection.

I was wondering if the pattern might become repetitious -- actually, I was wondering if having two shawls on the go which both feature pattern repeats might get a little dull, but I've come to the conclusion that for this one, it might be a good idea to have a pattern that is not going to drive me crazy while I adjust to knitting with the finer yarn. Next step might well be a Shetland Lace shawl (I did buy Heirloom Knitting so it's quite possible, though I declined to go down that road while I'm travelling!), and so this will be good training and preparation for that challenge!