So far so good. 

The Gull Pi Shawl is 40 rounds old and actually looks a
little like a lace shawl.  I began on
double pointed needles (9 stitches cast on) and once I got past the wind-chime
stage (when the wooden needles are so loosely held together with the wisp of
knitting that they clatter like wind-chimes), it went along easily.  At about round 25, I held it up to George and
said:  hey, it looks like a ratty little
bag.  And he agreed. 

Fortunately, it was time to increase again and with 144
stitches I figured I could move up to a circular needle.  After the increase round, I knit onto the
circular needle and the stitches fit around – barely.  So, now it looks like a furry spider
web.  Or a crafty wall- handing from the
‘70s.

I am not sure how distinct the lace patterns will be – even
when it is blocked.  The careful
patterning may blur into a sort of general holeyness and only I will know that
there is any method to it.  Of course,
the fact that the stitches were chosen because of their gullish connotations (
gull wings, alternate feather stitch, inverted gull stitch, razor stitch – for
the clams with gulls eat – flying wings, bird’s eye edging, and gull egg –
which is an invented bobble stitch) is already kind of obscure and
cryptic.  Though when the shawl was in
its “ratty little bag” stage, it did kind of look like a young gull.