Pattern: My own using a basic top-down triangle shawl shape, with Evelyn Clark’s edging from the Shetland Triangle and Flower Basket Shawls
Yarn: My own homespun, fiber Australian wool roving from Holly Spring Homespun, color Dyers Delight. Finished yarn is 2-ply fingering weight 16wpi, 45g, approx 210yds, spun on Grafton Nina
Needles: Aero circular, US5 / 3.75mm
Gauge: Lace
Started: Spinning in fits and starts, plying April 6, 2007, Knitting started April 7, 2007
Completed: April 8, 2007
Finished Size: 38” x 20”
Notes:
I spun two spindles full of singles which I wound off onto PVC pipe. The pipe is part of my homemade lazy kate which worked perfectly. I added a CD to the underside of the spindle for added plying capacity. The yarn bloomed quite a bit after a soak to set the twist.
I wanted to use every bit of the plied yarn, and I did. Good thing I even plied the leftover yarn with itself from the second “half” of the singles.
I started with basic top-down triangle shawl construction and added grouped YO/decreases that flow into the edging since I didn’t want plain stockinette for the body. I plan to eliminate the partial groups from the chart for the future and also look at other simple lacy rib patterns that could be used instead.
More photos here.
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