knitting | The lace, she is done.

Thank you so much for all of your kind comments on my last post about the lace I have knit for my best friend.

I took it off the wires this morning and took some photos of it and the gloves that I knit Saturday. There's a hat too, but it's not quite done yet. Few more decreasing rounds.

I wanted to share them with you. :)

First, the before and after blocking pictures, for oooohing and ahhhhing over the magic of lace blocking. ;)

(As you can see, where other knitters have cats to help them with blocking, I have toddlers.)

And then the glamour shots:

And then the detail shots:

Here you can see the join. It looks MUCH more subtle in person, I lit it here so it was really obvious. It doesn't blend quite as cleanly in the YO's as I had hoped, but it's better than a three needle bind off would have been, I think.

While I was pinning it out I started seeing all the little glitches I had made here and there that didn't show up while I was knitting. Fortunately none of them are ghastly, and I hope add a bit of handmade-with-love charm to it. :D

And here's a shot of the gloves:

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Beautiful scarf! Fantastic job with the join. I love blocking before-and-after. It's always so amazing. :)

Thanks! It is really amazing the difference blocking makes, isn't it?

That looks gorgeous, congratulations!

Thank you, so much! I'm very excited it's done.

That is really quite lovely. I'm very impressed with it.

Thank you! I am so happy with it.

Lovely! Very nice work. I am just learning to knit, so I am in awe. lol

You know, now that I've done it, I can honestly say that the hardest part is knowing how to read your stitches. Lace means taking a lot on faith, but the actual stitches are easy. I bet you'll be ready to do lace in no time ;)

Gorgeous! Great job!

Thank you!

Very pretty! I'd love to get a copy of that pattern if you feel free enough to share!

Oh of course!

The scarf is Seaweed and Shells: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seaweed-and-shells-scarf
The gloves are Just Enough Mitts: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/just-enough-mitts
and the hat (not pictured) is Kami: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/kami-hat

Oh pretty! I just started a lace project I've been lusting for for ages, but I can't help looking suspiciously at the heap of yarn noodles it's in the shape of while unblocked, so seeing some lovely-looking finished lace at the right moment gives me faith to keep going and trust that the result will be awesome.