Silk yarn, new-to-me lace pattern, etc. - updated

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I recently visited Purl Soho in NYC with my sister. She purchased a skein of Purl's silk yarn, which I agreed to knit up for her. We were actually in Little Italy/Chinatown, and realized that we were also close to 459 Broome St., so we walked over.

I'm using a new-to-me lace pattern called Ostrich Plumes, which I saw in a recent knitting magazine. (Actually, I've seen it before but never tried it.) The pattern is a variation on the Old Shale pattern, which I use a lot in both knit and crochet. The difference is that the patterning is reversed every 12 rows. I will be edging this with crochet when the knitting is finished. Edit: photo of the finished scarf with crocheted edging is at the end of this post. 

Also pictured below is a view of a scarf and a shawl in another new pattern, which I found in a Japanese knitting pattern book (recent purchase). Interestingly, this same pattern is shown in patterns in several recent knitting magazines that I have seen, so I'm not the only person trying it out. The red shawl will be donated as a raffle item to a fundraiser for our local high school, taking place this weekend.







Ostrich-plume pattern scarf in silk yarn, with crocheted edging:



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