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Celtic Hearts Shawl in Progress
By Liss | April 10, 2008
Celtic Hearts Shawl in Progress
Originally uploaded by pixysticks
I haven’t been accomplishing much, but at least I’m knitting! After ripping my last poor hat out because of a stupid mistake, I decided it was time to start something different. This is the Celtic Hearts Shawl from Simple Knits.
Blame Marti for this one. She posted about this pattern in her blog and when I saw it, I knew that it was perfect for this yarn. It’s been a relatively easy knit so far.
The yarn is Blue Moon Fiber Arts’ Luscious Single Silk in the colorway Valkyrie, my one self-indulgent purchase from the Madrona Fiber Arts’ Winter Retreat. Their website says that it’s 50% merino wool and 50% silk, but my tag says this batch is 60/40. Whatever it is, it’s so soft and squishy that I just want to bury my face in it. The silk sheen is lovely, as well.
I’m knitting it on size 7 nickel Knitpicks Options, with ever increasing cord lengths and have only started the second repeat. I have quite a while to go.
I can’t let this take too long, though. I still have Gabriel’s recycled sari silk vest and Shannon’s shawl to start.
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April 29th, 2008 at 10:03:50 UTC
absolutely stunning! glad i could enable.
May 22nd, 2008 at 15:55:02 UTC
Oh, I have one of these on the needles, but it doesn’t look anywhere as good as yours, probably because of the yarn. I will have to have a look elsewhere on your blog to see whether you’ve made any progress.