It's gigantic! Something like a 76" wingspan and 36" down the spine, it pretty much dwarfs me. Because I'm going to end up sitting on the tail if I wear it normally:
I think it will end up much better wrapped:
And then of course the matador shot, lest I am trapped in a field with a mad bull:
Most of my progress was blogged at the Icarus Knitalong:
cast on
in progress
beginning lace charts
finished and blocked
Summary:
pattern: Icarus Shawl designed by Miriam Felton, Interweave summer 06
yarn: Jaggerspun Zephyr wool/silk, in Mahogany
size 3 Boye needlemaster circs
knit May 25-June 12
diverted by audiobook The Thirteen gun salute, by Patrick O'Brian
and the opening games of the World Cup
I received much help and assistance from fellow knitters at the Icarus Shawl KAL. It made it really fun, and it was really motivating to have people to knit along with. Thanks everyone!
I must also point to this post by a fellow KAL'er: scroll down to see the beautiful WH Auden poem Musee de Beaux Arts, and Breughel's painting of Icarus falling into the see. OK, I admit, kind of a downer. But still, a really evocative and mythical name for the shawl.
8 comments:
I found my way to you through the Icarus KAL blog. (I've been lurking there as I gain courage to start my own shawl.)
Your shawl is beautiful, really, REALLY lovely. I'm not a huge shawl wearer either, but I think it's time to change all that...
May I ask, do you know approximately how much yarn you used? I have a smallish cone I'd like to use to make a smaller Icarus, and I'm fretting that it might not be enough.
Ooh, it's so beautiful! Fantastic job.
Oh that is gorgeous! And I really like the colour you chose. Very nice work!
good job sophie! I like it best when you wear it "wrap-style"
You/ve made a beautifull Icarus. The colour is deep and rich, and I like the wrapped pic the most. Do you think its possible to make this pattern in cotton?
Sophie, that is insanely gorgeous!! I love everything about it, the color, the lace, the way it looks on you.
Oh wow it turned out so amazing. Great work.
Thanks all.
@Kathy, I used something between 900 and 1000 yards of Zephyr. I was left with about half a small 2 oz cake when I was done.
@knittingajour - I'm sure it can be done in cotton. The weight in cotton might be really nice.
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