Hello everyone,
I've just joined and wanted to say hello. I fell in love with Icarus at first sight and ordered the pattern and yarn (cashmere in seaweed colour way from Hip Knits) in one fell swoop. I say this is utter madness because I don't knit! So, after the dizziness passed off, the next thing I did was to sign up here for all the help, support and motivation I can get and I haven't even recieved the Icarus kit yet.
See you all when I've cast the little beauty on.

Hi Everyone!

After almost exactly 2 weeks of work I'm on the 4th of 5th repeat of Chart One (I'm going to do two more repeats after this one, so I'm not particularly fussed over keeping close track) and so far really - surprisingly! - enjoy the easy, almost mindlessness, progress of the pattern so far.

(I guess after knitting Birch as my very first lacy shawl project - done in just 3 rapid weeks! - I'm a bit casual about my future shawl projects...........which are probably [in]famous last words, huh?)

;>

I'm using the pattern-recommended wool-silk yarn - - Jaegerspun Zephyr in a quite lovely shade called 'Aegean Blue'. The shawl is a gift for my most dearest Grammy Jane (my maternal grandmother) and as my toddler son and I will be visiting her over Memorial Day, I still - happily - have loads of time to finish it.


My only real question, so far, for the group is about the recommended needles. I'm using Addi Naturas (love that bamboo!!!) in a size 3 - - but keep holding up the whole thing and wondering over and over and over again if a 24" needle is really going to be long enough to comfortably hold the entire shawl once I get to those last, mammoth, stitch-packed rows???

I took a wee break from my icarus. Had a few birthday presents to work on. But I picked her back up again this weekend and am going through chart two. Here is a saggy progress photo:

Hi all, I just joined the KAL.

I'm working Icarus from some divine Claudia Handpaint Silk in the Just Plum colorway. This photo is a little old as I'm now close to finishing the fourth repeat. I love the pattern and I think it is just perfect for this yarn.

I love this project!

Craft on!

I had to frog my Icarus-in-progress. This particular yarn just wasn't working properly, & the shape was more of a diamond than a triangle. I still plan to do Icarus someday, just in a different yarn from the one that I was using.

My progress is slow. But.. I finished chart one this weekend! I'm so happy. I've kind of assigned Icarus to weekend knitting only though since it takes me about 45 minutes to do two rows and I want to do at least two rows if I work on it. So next weekend the excitement of chart two awaits!

I finished my 2nd Icarus. Then wile it was blocking today my cats killed it. It was a gift......

At long last, Icarus is complete. I wore it to work on Thursday over an ivory sweater, and loved the look and the warmth - pretty good for a lacy shawl.

This is my Icarus. The picture was taken when I was still doing the repeats on chart one, but today I started chart three. I like this shawl very much, it's simple enough to knit when children are awake.

Yarn is from Posh Yarn, cobweb weight 50% silk 50% cashmere blend called Cecilia, colorway Memories.

I'm still plugging away - on the fifth repeat. The rows are getting so long - good inspiration to see Wendy's completed Icarus!

I finished it!

I don't know what to say other than "I finished it!" I'm so excited, I just took the pins out and tried it on and it's such a pretty pattern.

New joiner here.

I just cast on for Icarus on Groundhog Day. I managed to get to row 27 of chart one before i found a few errors and ripped the whole thing. Since then, i cast on again and am on row 15 of chart one now. That's it so far, but i plan to work on it tonight. I'll post a pic next time.

Did anyone decide to go with a different needle size? I'm going to read backward to see.

Happy knitting everyone.

~Suz~

I made lots of progress this weekend - though the shawl looks very similar to the last pictures! I'm on the 4th repeat of chart one. I like the rhythm of chart one, though I'm surprised that I like the pattern rows so much better than the purl rows - I thought I'd find the pattern rows more stressful and enjoy the rest row more. I'm glad I've seen all the pre and post blocking pictures on the KAL because it looks kind of scrunchy and poopy - not very beautiful right now!

Hi everyone! I am so inspired by all the beautiful Icarus shawls - it's a gorgeous pattern. I started an Icarus on my recent vacation and so far I really like working on it. I've never worked with lace weight before and it's so delicate and ethereal.

I'm using Misti Alpaca in a blue-gray color and US4 needles. Here is my progress so far:




I'm in the second repeat of chart one. Starting to get bigger!

I'm new here! I just started this shawl and it is my first big lace project so it is slow going. I am just finished with the first run through of chart one. I am using Misti Alpaca on size 2 addi's. I am so impressed with everyone's beautiful shawls that I have to take a stab at making one of my own. Thanks for letting me join in on the fun.

I finally finished! I ended up taking out one of the repeats of Chart 1 just to be sure I didn't run out of yarn.


Finished pics are at my blog www.yarn4brains.wordpress.com

I'm on the 3rd repeat of the 1st graph now, but I took this picture early on (1st time through the graph.) The yarn is some handspun Moorit Shetland.

This is my first shawl from a chart ever.

Hey everybody,

I just switched over to the new Blogger, so that may cause some access issues for those of you on the old Blogger. I think you'll get a prompt to switch over, and once you do that, you should have posting access again.

Sorry for the inconvenience,

froggy_dear

I've got a question about the pattern. I'm almost through the final full repeat of Chart 1 but I'm nervous I might not have enough yarn to finish the rest. I started off with 85g (900 yds) of yarn and now I have 47g left. I'm at the point where I can either stop now and call it the final half repeat of Chart 1 or continue on for another full repeat. Will Charts 2-4 take up more than half the yarn or will I be able to use all 85g to finish the pattern as written?

This is Icarus #2 for me. This one, like the last is also a gift, ( I will one day make one for myself). I'm also using HPY lace wt again. I really like there yarn!!! I'm on the 2nd repeat of chart 1. I need to have this finished by the end of the month.