
This monster is slowly but surely getting done. I’m past the halfway point, but still have 172 rows left, plus the crocheted edging along the long sides. I clocked myself a couple of days ago, I’m averaging 10 minutes a row, so I still have a bit to go.
Because lace-in-progress photos always look like crap, here’s the photo from the pattern with what this will look like.

I bought this yarn years ago, it is handspun yarn, spun by women in Tajikistan as well as Afghanistan. This particular batch was spun by a woman in Afghanistan, named Maliknoz. The fiber is 100% kid mohair, aka cashmere. This is still marketed by Cashmere People Yarns, and you can buy similar yarn here. They also sell a cashgora blend in several weights. Go buy some, you won’t be sorry you did.
And a photo of my remaining skein. I’ll have at least a bit of this left once I’ve finished the shawl, but this surely won’t go to waste.

Fabulous. The color, the handspun and the pattern.
I look at mohair lace yarn and think, “Why?” You look at mohair lace yarn and think, “Why not?”