FO: Mystery Stole 3

Yarn: Crystal Palace Yarns Panda Silk, Color = Ecru
Needles: US6 / 4.0 mm
Beads: Just a little over 30 gms of 4 mm cube beads
Pattern: Mystery Stole #3 by Melanie Gibbons

I hadn't participated in the previous Mystery Stole Knitalongs and wasn't planning on it this year until Stephanie pointed out that I wouldn't like it if everyone was having fun without me.

That's when I signed up and I'm glad I did. Swan Lake was the theme of this year's Mystery Stole and Melanie designed a unique asymmetric stole complete with wing.


Mystery Stole 3

Each week we received a new clue and I looked forward to each one. It was interesting concentrating on one project for a couple of days and then being forced to put it down because I couldn't go any further. I found myself fitting in whatever knitting I could between clues but saved my weekends for MS3.

Susan at Crystal Palace Yarns supplied the Panda Silk, a new fingering weight yarn which is coming to a yarn store near you this winter. It's a beautiful, soft, springy yarn consisting of 52% bamboo, 43% machine washable merino wool, and 5% combed silk that suited this project to a T.

The stole was designed for a lace weight yarn, so mine is probably larger then those knit with the suggested yarn, Zephyr Wool-Silk. The blocked size of the stole is 20-1/2" x 87-1/2", and when worn it stretches a bit more under the weight of the yarn and beads.

It is lovely. Thank you Melanie and thank you Stephanie.


Mystery Stole 3

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