Avalon

"The mists of time ever rise

From the lake with many eyes-
Sing Avalon, oh Avalon
Where has all thy beauty gone?
Legends rise and legends fall
Avalon outlasts them all.
Where her magic?
Where her shames?
Avalon of many names. . . "

-Elizabeth Wilcox

AVALON
formerly called Crystal Palace

SIZE:
12 inches wide by 72 inches long

MATERIALS:
3 balls ( 573 yds.) Rowan Felted Tweed
Color # 164 Grey Mist
Size 4 (US) needles

GAUGE:
6 stitches = 1 inch (in blocked lace pattern)

SKILL LEVEL:
intermediate
charted AND written directions

When I saw the first picture of this little lovely, with the sun falling across her, and her length receding in the mist, all I could think of were magical mythical locations like: Rivendell, Narnia, Avalon.This color of felted tweed (grey mist) is such a soft foggy color. She just had to be named for something mystical.

Besides, if you do a pattern search on Ravelry with "crystal palace" you have to wade through pages and pages of patterns for Crystal Palace yarns. I don't need the competition and you don't need that aggravation!

I had originally planned to continue the lace pattern on the ends for the entire length of the scarf. But I love the way it looks as an edging, and the rest of the scaarf flies like the wind. Relatively mindless knitting...

Pattern is just $4 for this little wraith of a scarf. Top of the sidebar at the right.

If it's cheap it's cheery; if it's free it's fun!

Speaking of cheap...

More S7 sock yarn tomorrow!