cimorene

I picked a shawl pattern (Laulu by Sari Nordlund but bigger, in thinner yarn, with different edging) that's covered all over with cables and lace for my 900+ meters of jelly bean green wool (this was my replacement idea for how to use this color that I love, after deciding against a hat) (the yarn color is actually named for green marmalade balls, a Finnish traditional candy, in Danish, the original language. They are called vihreitä kuulia in Finnish).

a little before the halfway point

I guess I just wasn't realistically picturing how much longer it takes to knit each square inch in cables than just in lace. I have spent so many hours on this shawl. I've been working on it for twelve days, probably an average of six hours a day, and I'm only about two thirds finished.

I need to finish because I have the wool for a cardigan and a fair isle vest waiting. And on Easter we get to buy some more natural unbleached local yarn from Stentorp.