Ooo how I love the magic of lace blocking.
A shrivelled little blob like this:
which was mistaken for an afghan on Wednesday night,
turns into a beautiful web like this:
And after a full day of drying, it gets unpinned, and turns into this:
This is truly the fruit of my labors, since I also dyed the yarn. Follow this link to details about the pattern and the yarn. It's my Finished Object page, which I hadn't updated for a while. [Jen, one of the other new finished objects is on its way to you via the USPS, so don't click through unless you want to spoil the surprise.]
ps. My hearing hasn't fully restored, but I understand it takes a while for the middle ear to heal, so I'm trying to be patient. I no longer desire to stick something pointy in my ear, but I still say "What?" a lot.
6 comments:
wow - it's gorgeous!! I love the way lace blooms all at once, don't you?
good luck with the ear-healing. i've been there. it's no fun.
That's beautiful, I love the color. I just finished a DFS too. Mine was started over a year ago. It really is a great pattern and shouldn't have taken me that long, but I but it dowm for about 10 months and just recently picked it back up again.
Oh my goodness, that is gorgeous!
I'm glad you're feeling better.
What a lovely shawl! You have inspired me to pick up my once-discarded Shetland Tea Shawl.
GLAD THAT YOU ARE FEELING BETTER (I live with a hearing impaired man, I understand how you must feel!)
Beth, this lace piece is gorgeous! I'm so impressed with it...it almost makes me want to try to knit a piece of lace - almost! I think I may have to wait a couple of years until I will have attention and time to devote to something so gorgeous.
Jenn
Very pretty! I have that pattern in mind to do *someday*.
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