Wheeeee! The shawl is washed & blocked & currently stretched out on my living room floor! The pictures show the shawl before blocking & afterwards. Trying to get the stitch definition was difficult. I blocked it on dark towels, so it doesn't show through very well.
Its going to sit out for another day or so, to be sure its perfectly dry. Then I'm hoping my sweet girlchild will model it for me! I'm hoping she'll use this for her special occasions. It is hard to tell, but the yarn varies in shades of a deep plum, a light teal, a blue & a lighter purple. I fell in love with the colors, & I'm hoping she'll have lots of uses for it.
Being my first attempt at a shawl, I'm quite pleased with my results. The yarn was a rather fine wool. I wanted to use a large needle size, but after some experimentation, I settled on a size 6. My pattern came from Marianne Kinzel's "Modern Lace Knitting". It is so lovely, as are many of the designs in her books.
This was also my first time blocking a project like this. I used 2 large bath towels, but the shawl stretched out larger than the towels! It is amazing how large it is now! Pinning it out was a real treat, too. It took forever, took tons of pins, & my back was not happy when I was done! While it was a fun project & I am pleased with it, I'm not sure if I'll do another one. I just don't have a lot of need for something like this. It is beautiful, it is fine & delicate & at least I can say "I tried it once"!
1 comment:
Very pretty! I can't believe you knit it on size 6's! That must have taken a while. What are the finished dimensions? I am very eager to see it modeled. From the pictures, I cannot tell what it is going to fit like. Hurry so I can see it :) Love the yarn!
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