I've finally manged to pull my finger out and get some decent progress on the In Dreams shawl I'm doing for a friend. I'm a bit hampered by my wrist at the moment as I can only knit for about 40 mins before it starts to ache, but if I take it carefully it seems to be ok. The pattern though is turning out even more beautiful than I thought it would:
I was just messing about to pin this for a photo, so I left the cord it's being knitted on in, which isn't something I'd normally do when blocking. That said though, for this design I might use it in the final blocking as it seems to give a really nice sweep to the edge. The top edge I suspect I'm going to have to use a few wires on, one at the very top of the peaks, one in the main row of eyelets and a further line to hold the bottom of the edging straight, which will be interesting to say the least. I'll have to see how the pattern progresses but this could be an interesting challenge.
I was just messing about to pin this for a photo, so I left the cord it's being knitted on in, which isn't something I'd normally do when blocking. That said though, for this design I might use it in the final blocking as it seems to give a really nice sweep to the edge. The top edge I suspect I'm going to have to use a few wires on, one at the very top of the peaks, one in the main row of eyelets and a further line to hold the bottom of the edging straight, which will be interesting to say the least. I'll have to see how the pattern progresses but this could be an interesting challenge.
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