The Shawl for a Friend

After the success of the Forest Canopy shawl in Jaeger Zephyr, I started a shawl in Skacel as posted here.  I must say the second time around was much easier.  Of course the problem was I could barely see due to the allergies with my eyes.  However, I was determined.

So I have a Finished Object:

Pattern:  Forest Canopy Shawl

Yarn:  Skacel Merino Lace

Needles:  size 7 (up two sizes from the Zephyr - 15 repeats of the pattern

Started:  November 2007 - completed November 2007 (about a week)

The good:  The color is beautiful and is exactly what I hoped for. 

The bad:  This yarn does NOT block as well as the Zephyr.  The yarn is not as elastic and therefore the shawl was not as large as I would have liked.  However, I didn't realize that this was the yarn that the cat had gotten into (a year or more ago) and therefore there was a substantial amount of yarn that was missing.

I have another hank of this yarn in a teal.  I will make the next one with at least 19 repeats of the pattern for a larger shawl.

Oh - I finally have my account with Ravelry up and going.  I even have two projects listed.  I created an account with Flickr so I could post pictures on Ravelry easier.  Let me say, I really enjoy Ravelry.  It is so nice to look up a pattern or yarn and see pics and specs of what others have done.