Originally posted at my yahoo blog on Nov. 15, 2006.
love lace patterns! After my first project on the Snake Ladder Shawl, I am completely addicted to this delicate and romantic art of knitting and am crazy searching as many lace patterns as I could from the web.
Pattern: IK Fall 2006 (sadly that I did not buy this edition, and a big thank-you to YU for providing the pattern to me.) 
Yarn: Meilenweit sock yarn. The feature comes along with the pattern perfectly and that there's still yarn left after my swallowtail is done.
Needles: Clover #4 (JP size) circular needles and a lot of stitch markers.
Size: before blocking:: 80cm/39cm
after blocking:116cm/58cm
The entire process of having this swallowtail shawl done was an enjoyable experience indeed! The special cast on technique and the annoying NUPP stuff, and off course the frustrating blocking process, all made me addicted to knitting more on this. And I am very much eager to have the seond, third and more swallowtail shawl!
I am now more used to read patterns in English and that this shawl is actually not a very difficult one, which is a good choice for knitters who wish to give a first try on lace patterns.
Umh...There should be a special note on the annoying p5tog. While doing so, I felt like time was "frozen" and that my p5tog would be a never ending action to knit! Thanks to Regina's sharing, I've learnt a smart hint from Regina on the knitting of p5tog. Instead of "purl 5 stitches together", we could simply slip 2 stitches to the right needle, and do a p3tog first, than slip back the 2 stitches, which would generate the same outcome, with an easier way. ~
Beautiful layers of swallow tail~
