How do you spell amethyst??

I recently bought some beautiful hand-dyed yarn in the color - amythest, or amethyst, or any variety of spellings you can dream up. The color is subtle variations on lavender, and purples, like fields of lavender in Provence. My yarn is a lovely combination of merino wool, silk and sea cell, by Handmaiden and hand-dyed in Canada.




My plan was to knit a shawl in my down time after my surgery. Indeed, I started the shawl this past week, and the pattern is Ishbel - which seems to be very popular in the knitting sphere right now. Rightfully so, because it is very clearly written with both charts and written directions.

http://ysolda.com/wordpress/2009/01/13/be-prepared-for-ishbel/


Lace knitting with charts is a great change from baby knitting. I might even go for knitting a second lace shawl, or not. Perhaps even finish the Icarus shawl that I started three years ago. I really got bogged down on that shawl because of the size US#3 needles. What was I thinking?? It is taking forever.


Anyway, here is the progress on Ishbel, or Amethyst Beauty.