Once I actually sat down and worked on Rhiannon's Flower Basket Shawl, it went together very quickly. I really love this pattern, and as this is the second of the three I'll be making, I guess that's just as well. This took longer than the one I made back in January (9 days, people), but I don't have nearly as much dedicated knitting time now as I did back then — so what're ya gonna do? It was still faster than the Ragnarok Shawl.
There is something so very cool about blocking a shawl. Others have written about this marvelous phenomena, so I'm repeating old news here, but blocking lace is just groovy. Steph has likened pre-blocked lace to Ramen noodles — and she does have a point.I do think that I'll be adding blocking wires to my Christmas wish list this year. I never seem to be able to put quite enough pins across the top of a shawl to make it as straight as my little anal-retentive heart desires.
Project Specs:- Pattern: Flowerbasket Shawl by Evelyn Clark
- Needles: Size 7 addi turbos
- Yarn: Knitpicks' Palette in Fog
2 comments:
It's beautiful! I'll be blocking my first lace shawl next weekend and I look forward to seeing the transformation you're talking about. :)
It is rather lovely and you have mad string skillz. I like how the Pallette makes lace, but then again, I prefer a denser lace than most folks. And I keep forgetting the gorram pattern! *headdesk* I swear to Buddha I'm going to knit that shawl one of these days.
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