The Summer 2006 issue of Interweave Knits, just out in the past few days, has a beautiful shawl pattern designed by Miriam Felton. And, as I keep saying, I’m quite taken by shawls lately. She knit the Icarus Shawl in Suri Elegance, a very fine Alpaca. I decided that it would look beautiful in Rowan’s Kidsilk Haze. I had enough of four different colors in my stash to make it; therein started hours of indecision. Here is a photograph of the back of the shawl (scanned from the magazine).
The four colors I was debating over were a pale green, a deep chocolate brown, a grey with lavender undertones, and a deep rose.
I love the deep rose, which is less fuschia than it looks here, but kept worrying it was too bright. My husband and some of my online friends preferred the pale green. Susan’s knitting group all went for the grey.
I started knitting with the green and then finally switched to the grey. It’s beautiful, but then again I think it would be beautiful in any of these colors. Opinions welcome. I may knit more than one!
I would have immedaitely gone for the green — I knitted Kim Hargreaves’ “Dew” in that sade. But I think the grey will be lovely — and more neutral too. I’m looking forward to seeing it in progress. Just got my issue of IK yesterday and it fell open to the Icarus shawl page!
Comment by Wendy — May 7, 2006 @ 6:10 am
I think the grey is beautiful. In fact I’m going to use smoke for a Birch shawl. I just finished a Clapotis in a gorgeous periwinkle but you know what? It’s too bright. So I think you’re idea of a soft color for Icarus was smart. Of course it would look beautiful in the sage green also.
What size and kind of needle did you wind up using?
Comment by Sandy — July 13, 2006 @ 2:24 pm
Your Icarus turned out beautiful! I’m going to make it in pale peach Suri Elegance. Not too sure how the peach will look, but we will see. You did lovely work 🙂
Comment by Amy — March 7, 2007 @ 12:06 am