It was a lovely thing to knit and these blocking photos really don't do it justice... I fell behind for a couple of weeks in the middle because I was teaching at the Summer School, and that also coincided with the 'pas de chat' lace in the middle section (on the left here); 
but I was ready for the last chart when it was released, and short-rowing the wing at one end was lovely...
Then the poor thing sat around for a week or so waiting to be blocked...
The whole enterprise seemed more than a little mad, particularly once I'd roped myself in for proofreading Mrs R.'s Special Charts and was having strange conversations about abbreviations at odd hours of the day! But it was great fun imagining all those people knitting along at approximately the same time; and Melanie providing the beautifully-charted pattern, and an immense amount of support, to thousands of knitters, was a superb act of generosity...
I used Knitpicks Shadow in the Vineyard colourway - would have got away with two skeins but I lengthened it during Clue 4 so needed a small amount of a third skein... and 3.5mm needles. I started off on Bryspun straights, but couldn't resist the urge to spread the thing out and look at it at every opportunity, so ordered myself an Addi lace needle... The yarn was utterly beautiful to knit with - spongy and fine at the same time...
What a fabulous colour and a wonderful finished stole! I used an Addi Lace needle for Della and was surprised at how much easier it was to knit with. Can't wait to see your finished Hemlock btw....
ReplyDeleteModeled shot? Let's see that wing swoop around your shoulder (says she who chickened out of knitting it!)
ReplyDeleteI'm still overwhelmed by the gorgeousness of this. It is a shame that the beads don't show up in the pictures!
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