Ilmarinen and Icarus Shawl

It's been a while, I know. I've been busy with Ilmarinen, which is finished - finally! And it is very, very pretty! Very soft too: it doesn't itch at all! I have been thinking of using Palette in dark brown and heathered green or teal for Venezia, and I might have to take that up soon, since I totally fell in love with the yarn and the colors (and the pattern, too).

So here is Ilmarinen, finally:










Ilmarinen
Pattern: my own (available at ullaneule.net probably today or tomorrow)
Yarn: KnitPicks Palette White, Calypso Heather and Rainforest Heather, approx. 18 oz.
Needles: 2,5 mm circular and DPN's.

And I finished something else, too: The Icarus Shawl for my Mom! And it is so pretty! My Mom picked the yarn and the pattern, and she really did pick a winning combination. The shawl is big, and I mean really big, but that's what Mom wanted. I ended up with a 97" x 48" shawl with 4 chart 1 repeats.

I never liked shawls made of fingering weight yarn, somehow they don't look right. But this one does - it is actually one of the few patterns that, in my opinion, look better in thicker yarn than very thin laceweight yarn. I really like this one, and I might have to knit one for me, too.

Also, I tried the KnitPicks Options needles for lace knitting, and honestly, they beat Addis. They're sharp, the joint is smooth, they're very light and the cable is the best I know. Knitting this was sheer joy and I would've finished this in a week had it not been for those crazy Fair Isle projects and what not.








Icarus Shawl
Pattern: IK something or other
Yarn: KnitPicks Palette Garnet Heather, 4 balls.
Needles: 4,5 mm Knitpicks Options.
Size: approx. 242 cm x 121 cm (95 " x 48 ")

Edit: Totally forgot: I'm on ravelry now! My ID is Tuulia (yes, it took me a while to figure that). :)