05-17-2019

The white portion is 12” high. It takes about 1.5 skeins.

The gray portion, which will be twice as high, will take 3x as many skeins.

Black will take 5x as many skeins. Probably.

05-20-2019

The first lace portion, in gray, is feather and fan, or old shell, or old shale, your preference. I took the corner stitch progression from the Sharon Miller book pictured above. If you love knitting lace, you want this book. You do.

I also found the edging in her book. There are many scallop edge variations, but I like hers the most.

07-07-2019

I finished the shawl with more F&F rows in black, then the wide version of traditional scalloped edging.

07-07-2019

So that was 2 skeins of off white, five skeins of gray, and 7 skeins of black.

07-10-2019

The project is named after the “gull-wing” doors of certain high-end sports cars. SLS stands for “Super Leicht Sport” (Super Light Sport). Not long after I finished this project, I spotted a Mercedes midlife crisis-mobile while watching “Supernatural,” and the thought stuck.

07-30-2019

For blocking I put the shawl through the wash and hung it up over the back of a tall arm chair to dry. The heavy weight of the non-wool yarn makes it practically self-blocking and gives it a lovely drape.

09-01-2019