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Shetland Triangle, pre-blocked and faux-blocked.

just a quick post, since i'm on the move and i know you love pictures of unblocked lace. i finally finished the Shetland Triangle the other night! binding off seemed to take forever, but soon i found myself face to face with this:


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!
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4 comments:

  1. AdrianaJanuary 25, 2007 at 8:55 p.m.

    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?

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  2. UnknownJanuary 25, 2007 at 9:01 p.m.

    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.

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  3. Heather G.January 26, 2007 at 10:48 a.m.

    Whew! I love the transformation of lace. I hope you have a LOT of pins!

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  4. UnknownJanuary 26, 2007 at 8:58 p.m.

    i do have a lot of pins, thankfully. between that and the Russian blocking the shawl should open up nicely.

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