Finished!

[aunty_marion]

I've finished my Ravelympics Ishbel shawl! It's now pinned out on the bed, and will shortly be either flipped over and repinned, or (more likely...) covered with another towel so I can steam press it to block it. (It's acrylic - so sue me - so it can't be wet-blocked as normal.)

Comments

[aquaeri]

Yes, I was kinda shocked when I first got to handle Noro. I'd seen it raved about all over the interwebs (The internet is for YARN! The internet is for YARN!), and I'd certainly admired how it uses colour, and I'd assumed given the price tag that it was nice wool. Then I finally got to our local expensive yarn store (the fact that it relocated from the opposite side of town to just down the road from my shrink helped :-) ) and, well, it was a bit of a shocker and I didn't mind I couldn't afford it, really.

I knit with Bendigo Woollen Mills, because it's comparable in price to acrylics and is a nice quality and handle (and the colour selection is great). I don't know if it's affordable with overseas shipping.