Thursday, April 15, 2010

Finished With the Center Panel

I finished the center panel of my lace shawl last week. Now I am adding a lace border. Finally, I will block the lace, causing it to stretch by 30 percent, making the pattern pop gloriously. You'll see much more of a lacy look, with the holes enlarged, etc.

I thought I'd show you what it looks like now, before the border is added, and before it gets blocked:

Here's a different view showing the length:

5 comments:

A Novel Woman said...

That's really beautiful. Nice job.

Lottery Girl said...

Thanks!

I think it looks fine now, but I think it's going to be pretty cool after I get it blocked.

Deniz Bevan said...

So gorgeous! I'm soooo tempted to do lace now...

Lottery Girl said...

Thank you Deniz!

I need to take a photo with the lace border, even though it is only partially done. The border really makes it much prettier. It took me a while to figure out how to do the border, because you are almost knitting perpendicular to the center panel as you knit it on.

Lace is fun!

petrus pedick said...

so cute