A little lace

My Bird’s Eye Shawl



Details:
80” – long edge of triangle
40” – center back to tip
Yarn: Filatura Di Crosa Superior, 70% Cashmere/30% Silk: 2 balls
Needles: 3.75 mm needles

It was inspired by the free Bird’s Eye shawl pattern on the Heirloom Knitting site, and the Curved shawl in Victorian Lace today. Why didn’t I just use on of these patterns? Well initially I was just going to use Sharon Millers free pattern but I wanted an edging. However, I didn’t want to knit on an edging after knitting the body. This shawl is knitted from the bottom up and the edging is knitted at the same time. This avoids having to worry about whether there will be enough yarn left over to do an edging. You just have to make sure you leave enough yarn to cast off.

There is a review of the yarn on Knitters Review.

I enjoyed working with this yarn so much that the shawl just flew off my needles. It went so fast I never even got to post progress pictures, so here is one.


I'm really happy with the results.

As for the socks, I've decided to provide a pattern for a simple toe up sock with a short rowed toe and a heel. That should be more than enough for a two hour class.