Pattern uses 1100 (1250, 1400, 1550) yards fingering weight yarn. you can use silk, cotton, wool, or blends -- whatever you like.

The edging is knit sideways first, then stitches are picked up along the long straight edge and the body is worked up from that.

9/13/11 -- A kind knitter pointed out an error in Chart A -- on row 3, the 12th stitch in the row (directly before the second k2tog) should be a yarn over, not a knit stitch. The new version of the pattern has this correction made and notification sent out to all buyers. My apologies for the error!