KAREN'S PRINCESS SHAWL

                                                                                                                    

This limp dishrag will one day be the Princess Shawl designed by Sharon Miller.  I even promised it to my boss as a congratulations present for being made a Professor (huge deal in academia in the UK).  I hope that she won't have retired before I finish it!  It's knitted in some 2/28 navy silk that I bought on eBay on 2mm needles (her choice of color and yarn).  The edging was pure misery as I couldn't remember the pattern despite knitting it 85 times!  The border is much easier, but slow due to some 865 stitches per row, and the vast charts mean that it's not the most portable project around.   I started it on 18 February 2004, and have so far stalled on it twice.  At 22 June 2206 I'm on row 100 of the feathered border (another 120 to go before I get near the center triangle).