Here she is, all blocked and ready to go!
What do you think? I hope to have the pattern written up (and more nicely photographed) for you in some form soon...on my site or, with any luck, on one that's better trafficked! I'm so, so, so happy with this design, I can't even tell you. It's super light and airy, and long enough to be wrapped a few times - just how I like 'em! The color is most accurate in these close-up shots.
I do still completely hate making corded fringe - all that twisting really kills your knuckles - but it looks so good as a finisher on rectangular shawls that it's worth the joint pain. Trust me. By the way - I tried out the string-blocking method (weaving a piece of a laceweight mercerized cotton through each of the four sides and tying the cotton to pins at the corners) this time instead of pinning all along the edge - the string is SO much better! If you're making any lace with straight edges - this is the way to go, for sure. I don't know where it's been all my life.
12 comments:
Great projects! I love your completed design! And the Dashing came out very well.
The shawl is very pretty - gorgeous colour! Are you taking part in Lolly's Project Spectrum? It would match perfectly.
Dashing are great fun. I made a dark green pair for my DBF for Christmas. Great colour.
Beautiful shawl!
Gorgeous shawl!
I love it! your new shawl, that is, the mitts are pretty cool too :}
What do I think of it? Gorgeous, fantastic, alluring, must have!
I found your site and projects through Blue Blog - i love this new design. I would love to see the pattern when it's ready - will you be posting it up on Ravelry also? It's absolutely beautiful.
Nice new look on the blog - much brighter. It shows of the beauty of your design work.
Gayle
Wow, the shawl is gorgoeus. What yarn did you use?
Yes, what yarn is that? The shawl is just plain gorgeous.
The shawl is beautiful! I just bought some silk hand-dyed yarn that I think would look wonderful in this pattern - is it available for sale anywhere? Thanks!
Twisting fringe does hurt the hands quite a bit. I use a conair quick braid I found on ebay for twisting fringe on my woven scarves. Also there is a tool sold for weavers which has two clamps that you turn manually but does save a little wear and tear.
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