The construction of this shawl is a bit different. The part that I am knitting now is actually the lace edging. Once I am done with 15 repeats I will bind off and then with a second color pick up stitches along the left edge and knit the body. It took me several tries before I got the start looking the way I liked, as well as the left edge. The instructions call for slipping the first stitch with the yarn in back on every row. On right side rows I slip the stitch with the yarn in back, but on wrong side rows I slip the stitch with the yarn in front. I think the "yarn in back" should be interpreted as "yarn on the wrong side of the work". Once again I am using my Knit Companion App on my iPad. It is great when you are working lace charts.
I know this violates my recent knitting monogamy, but I need a more complex project in addition to my simpler one. I had actually wound the yarn up for this project while I was working the sleeves of Goldenrod, planning on working it next, but then I needed something simple to knit while reading documents at work so I cast on Crimson Lake. But I still really wanted to work on this shawl because I love working with Unique Sheep yarns and find myself missing them when I don't have a project using them on my needles. I am beginning to suspect that Laura and Kelly are yarn faeries and that they enchant their yarns. It is a spell I am happy to be under.
Pattern: Brachyura by Trish vanKuyk
Yarn: The Unique Sheep Luxe in Moonshine (lace edge) and Stardust (body)
Needles: US 3 (3.25 mm) lace edge, US 4 (3.5 mm) body
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