Shawls

I decided on the Swallowtail. It's working out ok. It's my third lace shawl and by now I'm getting better at reading the knitting and not needing to follow the chart blindly. This is very useful as I seem to make mistakes in almost every repeat. A missed yarn over here, a misplaced decrease there. But now I know what it's supposed to look like, and it's easy enough to just fudge a little here and there. Will put in a lifeline before continuing with the next repeat.

The yarn ... is interesting. It's certainly not very soft to knit with, and actually quite stiff. The yarn that I ripped out from the first attempt was much softer than the unknit yarn, but I'm getting quite used to the stiffness. I also know from swatching that the yarn will be soft and lovely once it's been washed.

I washed the cardigan yesterday afternoon and it's drying on the dining table. Not the best place to block, but the bed was hardly an option. I'm a bit disappointed as the cardigan now looks like it's going to be too big. Hopefully it's my imagination, but it would be a pain if it didn't fit. Oversized cardigan would be ok though. It might be the yarn (superwash), and maybe I should have washed it in the machine.