icicle dream

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a rectangular composition of cool diamond and chevron motifs, melding one into the next to end in a border of lace crystals, this stole tells the story of ice floes and glacial surfaces shimmering with light and washed with color.

this piece was originally published in the winter 2008 issue of twist collective

shown here, petite stole in scrumptious fearless fibers merino laceweight colorway atlantis

to purchase pattern or view complete pattern information, please click here to visit the product page in the knitspot pattern shop.

deb kessler, genius behind fearless fibers yarns, enthusiastically supported the evolution of this project and provided the beautiful yarns shown in the samples. her etsy shop is a wonderland of equally-gorgeous fiber choices—go take a look.
as with so many shawls, my good friend vanessa (AKA, flamefingers) test knit the samples that appeared in the twist article and in these shop photos. i just love working with you vanessa!

let’s look at some more of david’s photos, taken last summer, just after the shawls were completed

20 thoughts on “icicle dream”

  10. Another stunner! How are we supposed to keep up with the knitting and wearing?! I seem to be collecting knitted shawls the way some people collect quilts, folded and stacked on display, ready to go.

  11. Oh, these photographs are so much more beautiful than the Twist photos – the shawl is breathtaking!

  16. I snagged the Ice Fantasia Shawl from Twist Collective last winter. I had never knit a shawl before, but it just socked me in the gut with its loveliness. I’m really looking forward to the colder weather, so that I can wear it again! My now-more-experienced-eye can see all kinds of mangled messes in it (and the blocking! I’d never blocked anything, either, and to start with a semi-circular faroese shawl?! Ack.), but it never fails to get compliments from knitters and non-knitters alike! I may have to tackle its stole counterpart one day.

    Which is all a long way of saying that it was gorgeous then, and it’s gorgeous now, and not even the fumblings of a new lace knitter can detract from its gorgeosity.

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