My First Lace Shawl!

A friend of mine from way back is a knitwear designer.  In the interest of supporting my friends, especially when they make awesome stuff, I added a couple of her patterns to my Ravelry queue.  And, in a moment of craziness inspiration, I decided to tackle my first lace shawl.  Using her pattern (Umbrous by Hippie Diva Creations).  In silk.

Shawls and socks

This is going to be the summer of shawls and socks.

Well, that, and Christmas gifts.  But back to the shawls and socks: I need some.  I need socks because my fun-n-funky store-bought socks are wearing out and my sock yarn stash is (ahem) considerable (by my standards) and my work environment is one that supports slightly funky fashion choices.  So I'm considering having crazy (handmade) socks be my trademark.  First up?  Play-off socks.  On account of the San Jose Sharks are in the semis and I have some Claudia Handpainted sock yarn in Sharks.

Is bee-yoo-tee-ful.

As to the shawls?