Bright Arrows

I started swatching for this stole soon after Christmas, and began knitting on the first of the year. This is knit in 900 yards of Pales merino lace from Gaia's Colour. It's a fun and easy knit. I wrote the pattern for the Imbolc installment of the Shabbats yarn/fibre club.

If you go to the web site you can read about Brigid, the goddess whose name means Bright Arrows. I tried to incorporate some of the ideas in that description into the design. There are a couple of fun touches, including a cable that is easy to do without a needle and a set of three Vikkel Braids separating the main body from the edging. It was such a fun process. And I know I would not have come up with this design had it not been for that information. The yarn was telling me something else, but when I read about Brigid everything fell into place.