Icarus Shawl

This was the first shawl I knitted which incorporated some lace in the design. It's based on the Icarus shawl, designed by Miriam Felton.

The yarn is a soft spun cashmere with a single strand of silver running through it that's barely noticeable, but its subtlety is what makes it special.

The yarn is from http://www.colourmart.com/ which is the most extraordinarily superb place for buying yarn.

I don't have a place to block my shawls, ie a large floor area, so the washing line method had to be invented. I weighted the point of the triangle and despite it looking very crude as far as blocking methods go, it worked.

It's a case, once again, of "work with what you have".