I’ve decided that Icarus should be today’s Sunshine Girl (wonder if they still have that feature in the Sun? I know it’s not on page 3 any longer. Political correctness at its finest!)
Why? Because… I finished Chart 2!
And it only seemed to take about 2 1/5 years. Sigh.
I’m almost scared to start Chart 3 in case I end up in deepest Frogland again. Besides, this arrived in the mail quite by surprise yesterday
It is a replacement skein of yarn for part of a yarn kit I got some time back. Claudia’s laceweight silk – 1,100 metres of it! The shop which is conducting the Year of Lace 2008 knitalong unfortunately had some problems with the first batch of yarn.
I hadn’t thought I was going to get a replacement – the only problem with mine was that the colour was rubbing off the yarn quite badly. My hands looked like I had done battle with a jumbo bag of Doritos and then with two econo-packs of Hawkins cheesies. It is not an unusual look for me, as you might gather.
Anyway, isn’t the colour fabulous!? Can you see why I want to start a new project now?
But, onwards and upwards with the Icarus.
Maybe I should dip my hands in wax before starting to knit? Then again, this didn’t go all that well for the real Icarus:
(Hmm – the background colour here resembles the Claudia’s yarn, don’t you think? Is this a sign?)
Enough. Off to work to earn my yarn allowance the rent money.
Bespoke By Brouhaha 
Icarus, despite all of his issues (or your issues with him) is beautiful and quite worth the 2 1/2 years work.
It seems funny calling a shawl him, but it seems equally odd to call Icarus her.
I love the red yarn against the slate background…your photos are great!
Icarus is looking good, girl, especially draped over the railings of the estate (I’m having fun with ?his sister, Seraphim, btw – very easy pattern so far, no frogging to report, smug person that I am).
The Claudia’s is a beautiful shade – I haven’t tried this yarn yet (or Handmaiden for that matter). I have two shawls on the go, and am tempted to start a third… naughty, naughty, eh!
ps I’m intrigued to know what is printed on the ?mosaic in your heading …
I’ve not yet been brave enough to try Icarus. I’ve pored over the pattern a few times and need to get over my fear of chart reading. Yours is simply gorgeous though and I can’t wait to see the finished piece.
Clarabelle: printed on the mosaic is “freezer and microwave safe”. Which was a lie. That plate broke in the microwave which is how it turned into a mosaic in the first place. See Fiesta Chair in the mosaic gallery.
Christine: the pattern is not all that difficult – but one has to pay attention, which is what I’m good at. Hope to have photos up next week – thanks for commenting!
Jay: ditto – that is my balcony floor, though, so concrete not slate 🙂
Nice to see that sort of customer service on the crocking yarn! It is such a beautiful colour – I’m in love with mine — crocking and all.
I want that red yarn.
Off to find red Claudia somewhere….
Icarus is looking better and better, by the way!
Oooh! Aaaah! Beautiful! I love love love your choice of yarns – and your sheer knitting output is an inspiration!