Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Oh, So Pretty!

The shawl blocking was an early morning project.  Cats, helpful as always, helped me spread it out.  It soon became apparent that I did not have enough pins to make all the little points along the edge.  My last pi shawl didn't keep its little points after use, so I just  spread it out evenly and left it to dry in the sunshine.  I only had to readjust it twice due to cat ministrations...
It is beautiful!  60" across, only weighs 110grams-very light indeed!  I started this in the Fall and have worked 7 months on it;  1600 yards of cobweb lace yarn!  I can't wait to wear it!  This pattern is called Triggy, a Norwegian Doily pattern.
One quilt off the frame,
another one loaded and ready to go.

7 comments:

  1. The shawl and the quilting both came out lovely. The shawl color is beautiful!!!

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  2. good idea with the spreading out. though my knitting would swim away in our weather and I don't have a free space that would be large enough:)) have a nice and safe trip!

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  3. Wow! That shawl has a three-dimensional look to it! I like them better without the points anyway.

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  4. Beautiful shawl!!! I bet you could also baste the shawl to the bedspread, to keep the points from moving. Wish I had a beautiful patio to block my things on:-)

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  5. Wow! The shawl is absolutely incredible!

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  6. Absolutely adore how the shawl came out. Wonderful job there!

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  7. That's a great shawl! I wonder what people do to keep the points pointy? Starch? That's probably not good for the fiber...

    Nice log cabin quilts too!

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