Friday, March 5, 2010

More White Lace

I have made another white lace shawl, this one I get to keep.


I bet you can guess the pattern. It is the ever popular Swallowtail Shawl by Evelyn Clark, 6387 projects and counting on rav. I love everything about the pattern except the size and those horrid nubs. Ok I like the way the nubs look, just not the tension it induces on my body when I try to knit them. My hands would cramp up and for some reason my arms and back and neck would all tighten up too. I picked the pattern due to it only needed one skein, so I guess I was in for the size disappointment and should have known before hand. Since I did run out with only 5 rows left and had to get a second skein anyway I really wish I would have added more repeats in the budding lace pattern.

Here is my proof that I did indeed block the thing. See I'm not always that lazy. This time I threw a sheet on the carpet and just pushed the pins right through the carpet. Worked much better than my crazy pins on a towel on the tile floor scheme I tried last time. I might actually block more things if it is this easy.

The yarn was a Christmas gift from my brother. He even went into the lys to buy it, he really is a great guy. Had to have been funny, my 6'-8" 260 lb brother walking in to a yarn store. And what he got was a delicate pretty skein of Kraemer Sterling Silk & Silver in veil white (rav link). This is a bad picture but the only way to really capture the glitteryness of the silver thread. Also a good close up of those horrid yet beautiful nubs.