I’ve been knitting like crazy on various secret projects (mainly for the book, honestly) and that’s why it’s been so quiet. I still have a few more things to do for the book, but now I have cast on for the 12th and final shawl – which means the end is in sight. 
I don’t have much to show for my efforts at the moment, but here is a sneak peek of one of the patterns in beautiful linen lace from Claudia Handpained yarns.
As I’m finishing up my cedar green shawl from the January post, I thought it was time to wind some new yarn. I have this lovely skein of Serenity Lace II from Zen Yarn Garden that’s been calling my name for a while now. So I brought out the swift to get started, and…..
Aaack! Do you see what I see?
The twine has disintegrated, and my swift is disabled.
Once I sorted out the various spokes and twine and what not, it turns out the fix is relatively simple. With some yarn to the rescue (leftover Eidos, as it happens), the swift was as good as new.
Phew. Now the yarn is wound, and I can get started on the fun stuff. Knitting it.
Call of the Sirens was the first shawl that I designed using yarn from the Sanguine Gryphon. Several have followed over the years, but I’ve always had a soft spot for this one.
The Call of the Sirens lace stole draws on the Greek myths about the Sirens. The Sirens’ calls could bewitch sailors to make them forget who they were and and where they were going. Often the Sirens caused them to forget to navigate their ships and the ships would be wrecked against the rocky shore.
The edging of the stole show the waves, followed by the rocky shoreline. The center portion of the stole represents the braided hair of the beautiful Sirens.
I am now able to republish the pattern, and as such it is available for immediate PDF download here.
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