mulberry silk shawl

Description

The shawl is a generous size at over 2 metres long and 44cm wide and can be worn in a variety of ways.  It is made from 100% mulberry silk yarn in a crochet lace stitch.  The yarn is hand dyed in small batches and is a purple / blue colour overall, but has a natural variegation of shades, that is a feature of hand dyed yarns.  The yarn dyer’s name for the shade is ‘Memory of a Fearsome Tale’, which is eccentric and fabulous at the same time!

As with all silk yarns, there is a lovely silvery sheen to this yarn, particularly when under stronger light – very pretty.  The stitch pattern I’ve used creates ripples and waves throughout the length of the shawl and because of the lovely light nature of the yarn, it falls is lovely soft folds; even on the edges of the shawl, which are perfectly straight – silk moves with an elegance all of its own.