Icarus wedding veil/shawl

Pattern: Icarus shawl (rav) from Interweave Knits Summer 2006
Yarn: Alpaca with a Twist Fino. Colorway: champagne
Notes: Since the final decision about making this veil was not made until about a month before the wedding, this project meant many nights of frantic knitting and anxiety dreams about it being two hours before the wedding and still having to do two more rows and the bind off.... But I ended up finishing it with plenty of time, and to be honest, without the wedding date looming in front of me, I might have put this project down many times. Because let's be honest, knitting lace kind of sucks. I know some of you ladies out there love it, but I am not a lace knitter. It's official. However, the final product was beautiful and many comments were made at the wedding, so I consider the entire idea a success. Besides nothing could have made me happier than being able to contribute to the incredible beauty that was my sister and brother-in-law's wedding day. (Although, oops... I guess I could have actually prepared a toast instead of just blindly winging it. Sorry, guys.)