Happiness is...a completed design project.

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.