tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post3063905280230320130..comments2023-12-18T02:12:34.362-05:00Comments on Kate Atherley Knits. A Lot. Mainly Socks.: Once More, With FeelingMarilla Wexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00410631303206026127noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17401386.post-58377399466882197042008-03-05T11:44:00.000-05:002008-03-05T11:44:00.000-05:00I am a big shawl knitter. I have one for every oc...I am a big shawl knitter. I have one for every occassion and collect them from all over the world. I only wear rectangular shawls - usually about 80" long. I wear one EVERY day (I am in retail and customers come in just to see what I am wearing that day.) I am known for my shawls. For the past year or so I have been knitting them. I am obsessed! I love them 'cause I can whip them off during a hot flash, shelter myself from rain or snow, wrap grandbabies in softness and warmth and of course, cover my hips! Hey, some things are important.<BR/>SILK!!!!! I've been wanting to knit one from silk. I now design my own. Sometimes my own patterns and sometimes bit and snitches from others patterns. But, I now NEED to make one in silk. It's all that I can think of. All my knitting buds say that it won't "hang" right; and that I won't like it. Well, that's all the talk I needed to hear. It just makes me more determined to knit one! I have a pattern in mind, have it all worked out in my head, but now I need the yarn. The yarn I've knit it in before was a Jamieson & Smith Shetland with a gauge of 4 stitches per inch. Would the Feeling yarn work? I know that gauge is not as important in a shawl but I want it to look good and I also want to be able to say...see, it can be done!<BR/>What would you suggest for a SILK yarn? Help me here....I'm desperate!<BR/>Thanks for your help.<BR/>MarilynMarilyn Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03578009759145511888noreply@blogger.com