The dream

I have found the most breath-taking pattern. The shawl of all shawls. The kind that if you saw someone wearing it, you would - guarantee -  contemplate ripping it off their shoulders and booking it! It's called the shipwreck shawl. I'm in the process of placing my order for the needles and the yarn. You can find the free pattern @ http://knitty.com/ISSUEspring09/PATTshipwreck.php. I'm in love, and desperate to make this. It's very ambitious, given the fact that i'm a beginner, but my mother & sister are equally desperate to own this. I'll be chronicling making this, but all I can do right now is read and re-read the pattern to make sure I understand. It's my biggest trick in knitting so far. Sometime's I just don't understand what the hell they are talking about, and I have to re-read it so many times, sometimes even out loud before I get my AHA! moment. Other times I just scour youtube sites for instructional videos - if my verypink knitting guru doesn't have any tips.  

So breathtaking, isn't it? Wish me luck!!