2010 Knitting Olympics Done (and done)
I’m proud to say that I managed to finish and block my lace shawl before the closing ceremonies. It is still laid out on my study floor, as I’ve been too busy doing other stuffs to bother unpinning it.
I have to say that I didn’t think that it would be quite this big once it was blocked. I’m really bad at estimating size when going from circular needles with stitches all bunched up to a final, blocked lace piece. I guess that this shouldn’t be that surprising given that it took four balls of silky Malabrigo (in the Archangel colourway). In fact, I ran out three rows from the end!!!! THREE! I finished off in some black alpaca that Jason’s sister had sent me. Tracking down another ball of the Malabrigo just seemed silly as I wouldn’t have used it all up and so would have had leftovers. I guess I’m more practical than a perfectionist when it comes to knitting.
And since I finished, I’m proud that to post the above little image to show that I won gold in the 2010 Knitting Olympics (meaning that I completed!). Yay!
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I like the black trim around the edges. I think I like this better than if you had been able to complete the whole thing all in the same colour.