We wound up splitting the “items knit from commercial yarns” category into three sub-categories. Yours won a ribbon for the shawls sub-category. Congratulations! It was beautiful work.

Thanks Amy for the recommendation – I was looking at Classic Elite Classic Silk online the other day. This could be an option – I think the texture would create a different look, but that might be a really interesting variation! I was also trying to match a couple of specific colors, so we’ll see how that goes.

I have a bunch of Silkience in my stash that I bought on sale from Little Knits, and I was planning to use it as a sub for Classic Elite Classic Silk. They both contain similar amounts of cotton, and they both contain silk and a bit of synthetic fiber, although the Classic Elite contains more silk than the Silkience. When I had compared the two in the past, I was looking at them on Ravelry, where they are both listed as DK, but now I see that Yarndex lists the Silkience as Light Worsted. I’ve never compared them in person side by side, but I thought I would offer it up as a starting point.