which doesn't look like much, really. it was only when i got creative and started stretching it a bit (faux-blocking, anyone?) that i ended up with this:
which is a marginally closer to what the actual shawl will look like after its bath.
finally, here's a detail of the lace, so far:
stay tuned for blocking and post-blocking pictures!
4 comments:
Pretty pretty!! It looks lovely faux blocked. I can't wait to see it really blocked! Did you follow the number of repeats in the pattern or did you go until you ran low on yarn?
thanks lady! i wasn't sure if faux-blocking was cheating, but i couldn't resist. i didn't make any changes to the pattern so i ended up with a good deal of yarn left over--which is no big deal, really. i'll either knit it into a mesh scarf or some lacy trim for one of my bags.
Whew! I love the transformation of lace. I hope you have a LOT of pins!
i do have a lot of pins, thankfully. between that and the Russian blocking the shawl should open up nicely.
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