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:

Threaded | Flat

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

That looks gorgeous, congratulations!

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

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

Gorgeous! Great job!

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

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.