It's a shawl!

[inchainz]

It's been a long time since I saw a pattern & cast on the next day, but I fell in love with the Dragon Wing Shawl in Knitty's First Fall collection.   Thanks to whomever posted that First Fall was out!  :)  The day after I saw it happened to be payday so I took off after work & bought the yarn & cast on as soon as I got home. And today it's all finished & blocked & everything! I don't have any pix of it blocked & off the mats because my camera battery chose the exact wrong time to beg to be recharged, but tomorrow I'll have my slave resident photographer snap one or two.

For now, here's the saga of my Dragon Wing Shawl. It took seventeen days & muchmuch fussing & tinking, but now it's done. One sixty degree day would be nice, so I could wear it, but I'll settle for afternoons next week when I'm back to work in the arctic chill.

Pix #1 & #3 are the best representation of the color -- this one was super hard to capture, regardless of where I shot it.  Usually natural light is best, but not always.  Apparently.



5/August:


23/August! 


Not stretched:



Need more mats!  And maybe some blocking wires.



Gratuitous Close-up:


More info here on my Ravelry project page.  Feel free to friend me.  

Comments

[copracat]

That is lovely. And what a blocking challenge!

[inchainz]

Thanks!

It was very fussy to even get it blocked as well as I did. I missed a couple of spots of the garter edging but it still looks great.

[ironed_orchid]

Great shape, and beautiful colourway.

[inchainz]

Thanks!

I went looking for some DIC Smooshy (since nobody around here carries DIC Baby) in greens or browns but when the gal at my LYS showed me this I fell in love.

[saekhwa]

Wow. Beautiful work!

[inchainz]

Thanks! I learned a lot on this one. :)

[hugh_mannity]

Oh that's lovely.

[inchainz]

Thanks! I couldn't be happier with it! :)

[aviekokyre]

That is gorgeous. It must have been difficult to block.

[inchainz]

Thanks!

Yeah, I didn't think about that when I started -- which is a good thing. I think most shawls are basically triangles for a reason. :)

But that won't stop me from making this one again. I want the large version -- after I buy another set of blocking mats.

[jackandahat]

That is gorgeous! Congrats on surviving the blocking process. ;)

[clare_dragonfly]

That's gorgeous! I love the colors!

[evilawyer]

Love the color. So rich!

[maegquare]

This is beautiful! Great work and good job on the blocking!

I don't wear shawls but made my first one not too long ago for a gift, and now can't stop looking at shawl patterns. This looks like a good one to try. I love the colours in your yarn. :)