shawl edging... ?

i'm trying to decide what sort of edging (if any) i should use for my Harmony Feather and Fan shawl.

... it's going to be a bit larger than i was planning. i'll definitely have enough yarn for any type of edging.

see... i had four balls of the Harmony wool. i was going to use two for the shawl and leave the remaining two for some future project. well... i went to bed last night in a bit of a rush (a migraine struck AGAIN), and left a ball of it on the sofa.

... within the kitten's reach.

the temptation was too much for her because i found it this afternoon. mostly in the basement. part of it in a tangled mess going down the stairs... some of it wadded it up in a bunch near the kitty litter... much of it wrapped around the legs of the mini trampoline, the remainder in what resembled the last bits of the ball near the laundry.

it was really hard to be mad at her. and i just left it there for her to play with tonight, since it's so tangled it's not worth the trouble to try to salvage it.

so i figured i might as well continue into the third ball of Harmony with the Feather and Fan shawl... use it for some sort of edging.

but what shall i do? suggestions?

here's an old photo of it if that helps... you can really see the pattern in this one, unlike the recent photo above where it looks like a lump of pastels:

Harmony Shawl progress

so i decided to just use the freebie Feather and Fan shawl pattern with the Harmony to see how it knits up.

this is worked on size US2 addi circulars. it's very very very light... like, blow away in a slight breeze light. summer shawl light. it's slow knitting so far because everything is so fine. but i'm really liking the way the feather and fan pattern is turning out in the Harmony better than it's turning out in the dark green mystery lace yarn from my dad.

(you can click on any of the photos to make them bigger)

a little progress and a new project...

how many projects should one girl have on the go? i can't seem to stop myself from starting new projects when i have so many to finish up. really. i have my dad's socks (which are *so* late as a birthday gift now), pink Fleece Artist socks, Jake's socks and Sahara to finish... and here i cast on for a shawl.

what is wrong with me?!

here's the progress on Sahara. i'm just sort of guessing at the length now. and i'm not sure i'm going to do the short-row shirt tail hem:


and here's the shawl. i've never knit a shawl before. i don't know why the urge came over me to do so, but i couldn't resist it. the yarn is some mystery lace-weight my dad scored at the Salvation Army. the pattern is a lace-free freebie i found online after trying my hand at a couple of the lace ones from A Gathering of Lace. i don't know why i have such issues with knitting lace when it isn't incorporated into a sock. i'm rather disappointed... i really want to have a beautiful lacey shawl.

i'm not sure how this shawl is going to turn out... it might end up frogged too, but i'll show you what i have anyway. if things continue to work out okay i'm just going to keep knitting until i run out of yarn (i have three hanks of the lace weight... should make a decent size shawl, right?).