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Icarus Shawl

June 2, 2008 By Carole

The photo shoot of the finished and blocked Icarus Shawl finally happened yesterday. It took two weeks to coordinate the weather conditions and a photographer, but I think it was worth the wait.

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The pattern, of course, is Icarus, designed by my friend Miriam. It’s wonderfully simple to execute the main portion of the shawl and then the edging makes things interesting without being tedious.

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The yarn is Arequipa from my friend Judy of Ball and Skein. And there’s a story behind this yarn. You see, last year at Rhinebeck we were all hanging around in my hotel room. We were spindle spinning and I was showing everyone a spindle I had brought back from my visit to Margene the previous month. It was made of spalted maple and Judy fell in love with it. I mean really in love with it. So I offered to give it to her. She tried to pay me for it and I said no way. I told her, “clearly, even though I purchased the spindle, it obviously belongs to you.” Judy being Judy, though, wouldn’t take the spindle as an outright gift so she suggested that we trade the spindle for some of her yarn. I chose 3 skeins of Arequipa in the colorway “Atlantic” and we were both happy.

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Fast forward a few months (well, it was a few months before I started but it took me 3 weeks exactly to knit the thing) and we have this lovely finished shawl.

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It’s such a gorgeous combination of blues and greens and they truly do look like the Atlantic Ocean. So, of course, I headed for the Atlantic Ocean for the photo shoot. Nelson Beach in Plymouth, if you must know.

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Can you tell I love it?

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  1. lisa says

    June 2, 2008 at 7:11 pm

    ‘Can ya tell I love it’? And rightly so, WOW that is stunning Carole!

  2. Kelly says

    June 2, 2008 at 7:12 pm

    Well now you have a cute story to go with the shawl. You did a gorgeous job and I do love that color!

  3. Beth S. says

    June 2, 2008 at 7:17 pm

    Oh, Carole!… What an incredible project. It is glorious! I think I like it even more that your Bee, and that is really saying something. !!!

  4. scoutj says

    June 2, 2008 at 7:22 pm

    Aw. Could you BE any cuter? The shawl is gorgeous!

  5. handknit168 says

    June 3, 2008 at 1:54 am

    I love it too. It is always beautiful to knit the lace shawl by using the variegated yarn.

  6. handknit168 says

    June 3, 2008 at 1:54 am

    I love it too. It is always beautiful to knit the lace shawl by using the variegated yarn.

  7. handknit168 says

    June 3, 2008 at 1:56 am

    I love it too. It is always perfect to knit a lace shawl using variegated yarn.

  8. Manise says

    June 3, 2008 at 8:03 am

    Perfect in every way! Never knew the story behind the shawl.

  9. Tina says

    June 3, 2008 at 9:36 am

    It’s beautiful, and what a great story to go along with it! Makes me want to sit on the beach all day!

  10. Ina says

    June 3, 2008 at 9:36 am

    Love the story, and the shawl! Of course you MUST bring it to this year’s Rhinebeck for admiration and to complete the circle.

  11. Lynda says

    June 3, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    a beautiful shawl ;0)

  12. Lynne says

    June 3, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    Oh, my gosh, Carole, it’s gorgeous! The colors remind me of the beach!

  13. jill says

    June 3, 2008 at 7:57 pm

    I’ve lurked on your blog for a long, long time. Lately I’ve had a series of coincidences and this post is one of them. I just read the story of Icarus aloud to younger daughter last night AND I was just listing for my students all the things that have happened since I was their age (your ten on tuesday post) – though my list included mundane things like post-it notes and glue sticks.

    The shawl is lovely. The yarn perfect. Love to read all that you do!

  14. Debi says

    June 4, 2008 at 4:36 am

    The shawl is lovely and that last shot of you is a real beauty too!

    You are and always will be the girl I’d most like to share a Margarita with (you can have a ‘tini)

    🙂

  15. kmkat says

    June 4, 2008 at 6:25 pm

    I need to get back to my Icarus (it is all of about 2″ long). Yours is lovely.

  16. Cathy says

    June 5, 2008 at 8:51 pm

    Carol, The shawl is beautiful, just like you!

  17. Cathy says

    June 5, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Beautiful, just like you Carol!

  18. claudia says

    June 6, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    I really, really like that first photo.

  19. ~Kristie says

    June 7, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    I love it when there’s a story that goes with a knitted item. Your beautiful smile shows how much you love it and it looks fantastic on you. What a fabulous pair!

  20. Kate says

    June 9, 2008 at 5:51 pm

    I’m catching up on my backlog of unread posts…

    Your Icarus is jaw-droppingly gorgeous! You’ve inspired me to add it to my own queue, and wait patiently till just the right yarn finds me 🙂

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