Earlier this year I was contacted by a young lady in Australia. She had seen my lace shawls on Etsy and was wondering if I could replicate a shawl for her. Her Great Grandmother had knit the shawl from a pattern in a magazine from 1945. I don't know when she made it but the young lady did tell me her Great Grandmother passed away about 20 years ago. She needed to have her precious heirloom recreated because she had taken it to a dry cleaner and they ruined it. She sent me this photo of the shawl:



I almost cried when I saw it. I hope the dry cleaner gave her a nice settlement and fired the idiot who destroyed such a beatiful heirloom piece.

I was fortunate that she was able to find the original pattern amongst her Great Grandmother's things. Last month she e-mailed me a copy of the pattern and I ordered the yarn I would need. I've run into a few minor problems with the pattern but I basically have it memorized now and the knitting is coming along nicely. This is what I have done so far:


Half of the first border. I've stretched it out a bit so you can see the lacey pattern.
Only three and a half borders, the centre, the coat, bonnet, booties and diaper cover to go. I will post more as I complete more of the pieces.