I’ve been trying for years now to knit myself a tallit (prayer shawl) that I like. My requirements are that it not be hot, that it be of some material such that it isn’t a disaster if I sweat in it, and that it NOT look too “scarfy.” Some early attempts did look like scarves…. one looked more like a rug. None felt right to me, so I never put tzitzit (ritual fringes) on them.

Now I think I’m onto something. I’m knitting a nice blue cotton hand-dyed yarn in the Old Shale lace pattern, and gradually narrowing it towards the center (where my neck will be) by knitting on smaller and smaller needles. WHen I pass the halfway point, I’ll start increasing needle size again. VERY happy with the results so far (about a foot long) and well, we’ll see.

Anyhow, a nice little private project going nicely.