On Saturday I finally finished the Charleston stole I had been working on since May.  It turned out beautifully.

I’m really a fan of the patterns in it:

I’m very pleased with the yarn I used – Ceallach Dye’s Summer Silk.  It’s somewhere between Fingering and DK, and varigated (which is always contradindicated for a lace pattern).  The varigations make the entire fabric absolutely beautiful, and the heavier weight means that the pattern is even more visible than it would be in a single-colour lace weight yarn.  It drapes comfortably, and is just warm enough to stave off air conditioning or a breeze.

Finally, I simply love this picture (the stole turned out much longer than I had expected – a result of using a heavier yarn and not removing a repeat).