Craftsy recently blogged about “Romantic Knits” and featured my Mystic Desire in the #3 spot.
3. Mystic Desire
“The Mystic Desire shawl imbues our roundup with a touch of dark, Gothic romance. At over 1,000 yards of lace weight yarn, this shawl is definitely a long-term project that requires a certain commitment from the knitter. But wouldn’t you agree that the result is quite magnificent, glamorous and worth the effort? Switch to an ivory-colored yarn and Mystic Desire transforms into a gorgeous wedding shawl.”
Mystic Desire was originally published in a mystery KAL format. I can’t believe it’s been almost 6 years since it was first released in May 2010, but there you go. Time flies when you’re having fun (and knitting lace). I knit mine in Laci from Blue Moon Fiber Arts in the colourway Thraven. Blue Moon Fiber Arts has a series of colourways they call Raven Clan and they are all overdyed black colours. Black with a shade of green or black with a touch of red or…. Thraven has blue-greens (almost teal in parts) on black, and it’s amazing. 
But I like Craftsy’s idea above of knitting Mystic Desire in cream or ivory to make it into a wedding shawl.
The pattern is available as a single PDF pattern for $8.00
OR you can get it in my book Mystic Shawls, which is available either in print on Amazon or in PDF format on Ravelry. Mystic Shawls includes Mystic Desire AND 13 other Mystic shawl patterns. The e-book is $16.95 and the print book $26.95.
