This is why lace knitting is so magical.

You knit and knit and knit and you end up with this lumpy blob, like so:

And then you get it wet and pin it out (or, as Sivia instructs you to do with this one: “block it severely”), and you get this:

Pure magic. I do love me some lace.

And up close, just ‘cos I know you’d want to see it:

Project specs:
Pattern: Diamond Fantasy Shawl by Sivia Harding
Yarn: Fleece Artist Merino in marine colorway (used most of the 750 yd skein)
Started: Friday night, April 7, 2006
Finished: Saturday morning, April 22, 2006
Finished Dimensions: 76″ wide x 44″ long (pinned out dimensions - I’m sure that it will shrink a little bit when I unpin it, though)

And no, I haven’t accomplished anything on any of the rest of my projects in the last two weeks. Tomorrow I have every intention of spending some quality sock-knitting time and some quality spinning time. So there.

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