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Friday, October 19, 2012

FO Friday - Lotsa Lace Edition

How sad is it that I couldn't post on Wednesday because I still haven't managed to start any sort of meaningful knitting project?  Slightly distressing, I must admit.  I'm getting closer, and we're finishing up the Big Move on Sunday, so there's light at the end of the tunnel, peeps.  It's about time!

No matter, what I do have is an actual finished piece of knitting.  Exciting, no?  I think so.  I started the Nympheas scarf waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in June, knit tons of it while I was stuck in a hotel room nursing Mr. Right and his Exploding Appendix, then put it aside for all manner of wedding knitting, and wedding stuff, then picked it up again on our honeymoon only to have my needles ripped from it and confiscated by a VERY ANGRY Costa Rican TSA guy.  This little scarf has had quite a journey!

I was a little worried since I bought the yarn in a Ravelry destash and the skein arrived in all sorts of tangled disarray.  It seemed a bit lighter than the prescribed yardage, and I was afraid I'd come up short.  My finished scarf, once I'd used up all of it, was only about 47" long so I pinned (no pun intneded, but Ha!) a lot of hope on the magic of blocking. 

I took a deep breath and threaded my borrowed blocking wires (never used those before) through the edges.  And then...



It totally worked!  Finished and blocked, my Nympheas is about 64" long.  Pretty close to what I was hoping for, actually.  Win!

It's warm and cozy, but not too heavy...



And it looks pretty good hanging from a tree in an artsy Fall photo:



Yay!  And now I'm diving back into the packing-and-moving-and-unpacking black hole, but I promise to come up for air now and again over the weekend to visit y'all over at FO Friday and Fiber Arts Friday.  Happy weekend, guys!

17 comments:

  1. It's gorgeous, I love the colour. Blocking really is magic, isn't it?!

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  2. OMG! It's stunning! I used blocking wires for the first time last weekend. I'm still not sure I did it right but my scarf turned out beautifully. Yours is breathtaking!

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  3. Beautiful scarf, the colourway is gorgeous. Bravo!

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  4. It's beautiful.

    Enjoy the moving process. ;-)

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  5. Lovely! I just can't imagine knitting a long scarf in lace, but I have no problem knitting shawls? It makes no sense. LOL.

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  6. OH wow, that scarf is just gorgeous. Well done!

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  7. Yay for blocking to the rescue!! So glad your scarf was a success!! It looks gorgeous!

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  8. Oh so nice! Blocking is a magical thing!

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  9. I love it! It's so amazing what blocking will do for a lace project -- it's like magic! Gorgeous pattern and colors.

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  10. It turned out so lovely! Gorgeous color. Blocking wires are awesome and much easier than using a gazillion pins. Love the artsy photo, too.

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  11. Gorgeous! I love the colour, the pattern and how great it looks on you. Win!

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  12. Great scarf! I love the color.

    Also, I linked to your blog from my post about the release of my Huacaya hat pattern. :)

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  13. This turned out beautifully! Love that last shot.

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  14. That is so intricate and delicate. I love it! But I bet it was tough!

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  15. How rude of that TSA agent to jerk your needles right out of your project. ugh. I'm so glad the scarf survived to be finished and displayed in so many lovely ways. Great job!

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  16. What a lovely scarf! It's beautifully knitted, and the color is gorgeous. Wonderful! I really love the way you hang it on a tree. Nice photos too. Excellent job! Thank you for sharing.

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