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Yes, "Old Shale" and "Feather and Fan" are indeed the same lace
pattern, and very old they are, too. It is an exquisitely beautiful
pattern, and not all that difficult to make. Knitting-Arachnes may be
interested to know that even if you are making yards and yards of it,
it never gets boring and continues to hold the knitter's interest.
This I know from personal experience: there was a time (three long
years) when I was commutimg between my office (in New York) and my
new home and husband (in Baltimore), and I could not bear the waste
of time represented by those train trips. So I made a lavish opera
shawl, Feather & Fan for the entire body of it, and Prince Charles
for the borders. Even today, so many years later, it looks wonderful;
and putting it on, I am all dressed up and ready to be presented at
court. In fact, it was such a success that I made another one, using
a bit of metallic thread in the pattern. What they might have to say
about that in the Shetland Isles, I have no idea. They might even
like it. Needless to say, I adore it. After that, I closed my New
York practice and have been living all seven days a week here in
Baltimore. But two F&F shawls are enough. -- Aurelia
