I didn't watch the royal wedding. Almost everyone else did, it seems, so I read about it on some blogs. What caught my attention was a description of the lace in the dress. I knit a Shetland shawl for my veil when I got married, a lifetime ago. One corner was gently gathered and sewn to a comb decorated in freshwater pearls and crystal. I gave the shawl to a good friend when his daughter was born.
I used traditional Shetland motifs that were relevant to my life: fir trees, ferns, waves and rings. I hadn't intended for it to be 7' square! But it was lovely, and was me. It was knit using Zephyr silk/merino yarn in ivory and a 3.25mm bamboo circular needle, taking a little less than 3 months to finish.
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