Comments | vampirefan: shawl - finally done!! \o/

vampirefan

shawl - finally done!! \o/

Feb 15, 2012 09:50

i started this shawl in march of 2011 and it got worked on occasionally while i finished various other projects but i'm finally done! and OMG I ONLY HAD ABOUT 12 - 15 INCHES OF YARN LEFT OVER! although i had done my best to measure/estimate how much yarn i would be using toward the end of the project, i was so worried that i had calculated wrong so ( Read more... )

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maystone February 15 2012, 18:05:32 UTC

That is gorgeous! You do damn fine work.

vampirefan February 15 2012, 20:12:59 UTC

thanks! and this one is actually for me this time \o/

darlong February 15 2012, 19:50:58 UTC

OMG so Lovely! I've ordered in dyes for spring colours and dyeing the most luscious alpaca! We also have some really neat heavier yarn and I so often wish I had you and Liquideze and Jess and some of the other Browncoats to help me figure out what to do with all of this cool stuff! (We need a Fibre/yarn shindig!)

vampirefan February 15 2012, 20:16:12 UTC

oh man. i wish i lived closer to you so i could partake of all the awesome yarn you produce!!

(well, there are yarn cons, like http://www.knittinguniverse.com/stitches/ and others)

budclare February 15 2012, 23:39:52 UTC

...suddenly I have that little kid from The Incredibles in my head saying, "That. Was. AWESOME!"

:D

vampirefan February 17 2012, 06:49:58 UTC

hee!! thanks!

finitejester37 February 17 2012, 05:29:50 UTC

ZOMG *covets your blocking wires* Are they awesome? Are they easy to use? Are they the bendy kind? I've had no luck finding any here but I need to start looking harder as they'd be invaluable for a couple things I'm working on now. (Although I did have success using bicycle spokes in place of blocking wires once, but they're far from ideal.)

Hearing that there was only a foot left of yarn makes me stress out and I wasn't even involved! Hee!

That is some gorgeous-looking yarn and awesome knitting!

vampirefan February 17 2012, 06:58:09 UTC

thank you!!

and ha! yes they are awesome! easy to use (and probably quite similar to the bicycle spokes). yes they are bendy. i discovered that night that i have 2 different thicknesses of wires and the thinner ones are much more flexible. plus i have longer ones and shorter ones. i think the long ones are about 3 feet long and the short ones are about 1 foot long.

but this is definitely soooo much easier to use than to use a million pins! especially across the top of the shawl.

i know you can buy them online but shipping is an issue because of the length so you'll probably pay a lot for shipping. i found these at a yarn shop one day. it was actually on clearance! i think i paid $20? i'd seen them everywhere for like $30 so i thought it was a decent deal.

aviendiora February 24 2012, 20:00:55 UTC

Congrats! That is so pretty and I love the beads!!