October 20, 2005
It's blocked, it's blocked!!
Yesterday dawned bright and sunny, so first thing, I dumped the shawl into some warm water. Half an hour or so later, I scooped it out and began to pin it. A quarter of the way around, I realised I was running out of pins, and had to run down to the supermarket.
(The first two pics are clickable.)
I am so pleased with it :)
I danced about the house for a bit, then the clouds came over and I started to worry that it wouldn't dry, and that we'd be sleeping on the floor. We live in a tiny little house, and every time I walked past the bedroom, I had this huge urge to pull out all the pins, just to try it on ;)
Here's the centre bit.
And here are the edges.
I am inordinately proud of myself :)
It did dry in time for bed, then I pranced about the house with it for a while. No pics, because by then I was in my comfy, but very daggy pj's. The weather is crappy again today, but hopefully on the weekend, the weather will be nice and David will be home to take a picture or three :)
Comments
Holy moley!
wow!
The shawl is gorgeous. Great work!
The shawl is lovely. Congratulations on completing such a monumental piece.
Posted by: Pam at October 20, 2005 12:14 PMWow, this is stunningly beautiful! So delicate and detailed!!!
Posted by: cindy2paw at October 20, 2005 12:36 PMI love the center flower! This is so amazing! I can't wait to see it on you....and you HAVE to wear this out!
Posted by: Evelyn at October 20, 2005 01:53 PMOh Donna, the shawl is absolutely stunning! You did an amazing job and you should be proud of yourself! Great job on the edging too.
Posted by: Michelle at October 20, 2005 03:36 PMwow ,that is beautiful.
Posted by: melissa at October 20, 2005 03:44 PMI'm thinkin' its a keeper - expecting that we will have a showing at SnB?
Posted by: Donyale at October 20, 2005 04:29 PMWow... just, wow. Stunning. You did a fabulous job!
Posted by: Janet at October 20, 2005 05:14 PMDonna, to say that is gorgeous is an understatement.. and that goes for your knitting too. Congratulations on completing such a huge project ... how satisfying is that!
Soooo, what's next?!!!!
Absolutely gorgeous! Extremely well done, my dear!
Posted by: Wendy at October 20, 2005 10:24 PMand you should be proud of yourself....that is just absolutely gorgeous. well done! you are oen talented chick!
Posted by: jacqueline at October 20, 2005 10:50 PMwow, picking my jaw up and wiping the drool. well done!!
Posted by: Kathleen at October 20, 2005 10:59 PMThat's the most beautiful shawl I've ever seen!
Posted by: wool winder at October 20, 2005 11:49 PMYou SHOULD be inordinately pleased with yourself. That is AMAZING!!!! Well done!
Posted by: Norma at October 20, 2005 11:58 PMDonna,
The shawl is just beautiful!! I know you can't wait to wear it.
Wow, that is so beautiful! You're making me itch to start mine!
Posted by: Kris at October 21, 2005 12:39 AMFANTASTIC! What a great job you did.
Posted by: Lisa at October 21, 2005 01:07 AMIt's gorgeous! I'm going to upgrade it's spot on my "need to knit" list....as soon as I finish the Christmas knitting!
Posted by: Cathy at October 21, 2005 02:01 AMBeautiful! I am very impressed.
Posted by: Erica at October 21, 2005 04:49 AMWOW!!! Amazing!!! I need to learn to knit lace. oh and how to stop drooling:P
Posted by: Carol at October 21, 2005 08:05 AMTruly a masterpiece. Beautiful!
Posted by: Marie at October 21, 2005 08:40 AMDonna it's just stunning. I love to see lace shawls blocking.
Posted by: Jo at October 21, 2005 01:07 PMWow - That is absolutely stunning. How long did it take you to make? Just gorgeous!
Posted by: Rox at October 21, 2005 01:23 PMOMG Its GorGeous!
Posted by: Kessa at October 22, 2005 12:08 AMYour shawl is absolutely, positively, gorgeous! You should be very, very proud of it.
Posted by: mary at October 22, 2005 06:47 AMI am finally getting caught up on blog mail. Donna, that is STUNNING!! You have every reason to be dancing around the house.......just beautiful!
Posted by: Kim at October 22, 2005 10:15 AMThere are no words. From one strand of yarn comes such beauty! congratulations.
Posted by: Ailsa at October 22, 2005 10:27 AMBreathtaking!! What a thing of wonder and beauty!! You *should* be inordinately proud of yourself! I'm proud to say I know you - I said to my husband - "Come over here and see what Donna has finished!!" You know even he said WOW! :-) Stripey
Posted by: the stripey tiger at October 22, 2005 07:43 PMThat is amazing, I bought some laceweight yarn at knitting camp one was the same as you got from tapestry yarn and the other from Flinders Island Fleece. One day I will do something in lace
Posted by: Annie at October 24, 2005 12:04 PM
That is extraordinarily beautiful- congratulations on such a fantastic result!
Posted by: Nathalie at October 20, 2005 11:57 AM