Finally blocked my Northern Lights shawl

[rivenwanderer]

I actually finished this shawl (made with this pattern) almost two months ago, but was procrastinating about blocking it for some reason. When my housemate finished hers, we had a "block party" and cleared out the upstairs dining room to pin our shawls. I'm so happy with how it looks post-blocking! I pinned extra points in the middle of the chevrons in order to create this curly-brace-like shape, and I'm glad I did--I hope they stick around over time. I'm not wearing it right now because it was still a little damp when I took it off of the mats (that's OK, right?) and it's currently draped over a chair to dry the rest of the way.


( More pictures behind the cut )

This was the first project I blocked by pinning, and I'm totally a convert. It was also the first semi-complex pattern that I followed (and expanded upon--I added 2 extra repeats).

ETA two notes: first, the color is most accurately shown in the last image--the lighting was very blue this morning (I blame the rain). The yarn is two discontinued colorways of Noro Silk Garden Lite (2013 and 2021, purchased on sale from Webs). Second, I made lots of mistakes while working on this, and I'm really glad they're not apparent in the final product. (Lots of cases of "oh, I need to do an extra decrease/increase this row so that the count is correct".) I especially recommend the pattern for that reason.

ETA2: As I wore the shawl last night, the secondary points mostly retreated, though some of the bands of color near them are still nice and curvy.