Japanese Feather and Fan and silk-love

After the Swallowtail I cast on for Japanese Feather and Fan. It turned out amazingly large and gorgeous. I don't have a lot of good photos of it, and the best one is of the blocking.

I didn't block aggressively and hardly even used any pins.

The yarn is from Moseley Park, one of my favourite yarn places from Australia. The yarn was a 100% silk in the Fugo colourway. Handyed I believe. Either way it was lovely to work with, and think it has started me down a long long path of silk knitting.

I'm still new enough at knitting that I'm still working out what my favourite materials to work with are. I know I love metal needles, and quite dislike wood. While finishing this shawl on my KnitPro Nova needles, I started a Piper's Journey with the 4mm Symphony wood from the same company. I basically finished the Feather and Fan just so that the needles would be free for my new project.

Later I convinced my partner that he should really buy me some Signature Needle Arts needles and they are the best. 

But I know I prefer non-acrylic yarn, and most of all wool. I have only worked with pure wool once, but that was a real delight. I use mostly fingering weight/sock yarn, so that's often superwash. But it's alright. But silk is becoming a favourite despite being slippery.