Swallowtail Shawl

Laura that is so beautiful - very well done. That red is such a vibrant, colour, it will look wonderful on.

Thank you for sharing! :-)

Ooh...pretty!! Nice work.

I've got a shawl waiting to be blocked, and I was trying to figure out how to do it with the materials I have available, and looking at this lit the low-wattage light bulb in my head (and also has me going, "Well, duh!" 'cause I should have thought of using both the blocking board and the foam mats).

The Other Kim kimmeratsoylentgreenfielddotcom

CONGRATULATIONS L A U R A may you have many healthy years wearing that beautiful shawl mirjam

congratulations on your first real lace ... that's an heirloom! a treasure! flaming wonderfull.

_ _ _ _ _ Millie snipped-for-privacy@eagle.ptialaska.net

Great job. It's a beautiful shawl! What yarn did you use?

Shelagh

Lauraj,

You should be proud. I bet you are the envy of many in this group!

Hugs and God bless, Dennis & Gail

LauraJ wrote:

No envy Dennis ,,more a Role model !!!! mirjam

Thank you, Bernadette! In real life it is more a hot pink and orange combination. I actually thought I was buying red but that is the downside of buying yarn online!

LauraJ

You should have seen the acrobatics that were performed in trying to get it all pinned out! I needed two layers of foam mats to reach the height of the blocking board. But then they didn't all fit on the table so I needed a chair for them to rest on. But that was a little too high so I used a heavy piece of pottery to weigh the mat down. And I had to keep the whole contraption out of reach of my 2 year old. It was an exciting and nerve-wracking couple of days until I unpinned it!

Thank you for the compliments. I can't wait to see your shawl. Enjoy that magic when you finally unpin the work!

LauraJ

CONGRATULATIONS L A U R A may you have many healthy years wearing that beautiful shawl mirjam

Thank you, mirjam. I'm not really a shawl person but I did wear it all around the house yesterday! I'll have to start rethinking my wardrobe...

LauraJ

Oh my goodness, you're making me blush! Thank you!

LauraJ

Thanks, Shelagh. I had you to inspire me! The yarn is Schaefer Anne (I can never remember if that is 1 or 2 'f' in Schaefer). You can see my notes on Ravelry (username aprilshowers). I got the yarn in a trade for some Sundara Sock yarn I won which wasn't my color at all. Not that hot pink is my color either but it is starting to grow on me.

LauraJ

Thank you, Dennis. You know what? I am proud! This may be one of the first pieces I've knit that I can actually say that I can't find any fault with (well, as soon as I weave in those ends :) ).

I hope you are doing well.

LauraJ

No envy Dennis ,,more a Role model !!!! mirjam

Aw, you are making me blush too, Mirjam!

LauraJ

LauraJ spun a FINE 'yarn':

LauraJ. . .

simply...... g a w j u s s

Noreen

I am doing fine Laura, knitting and crocheting away and a lot of fishing!

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

With how that looks I'd say it isn't really a downside Laura. :-) Bernadette

Aw, thank you Noreen. You are another one of my inspirations! I would never have thought to try knitting a shawl if I hadn't seen the beautiful work by you and others on this group.

LauraJ