Yesterday was the day.
I bound off my Shipwreck shawl on Friday afternoon. On Saturday evening, I soaked the shawl, then put together nine 24" interlocking rubber mats on the basement floor, and pinned it out. I followed the directions that told me to pin the center medallion, but to simply spread out the mesh. Yesterday, I took out the pins.
It. Is. BEAUTIFUL.
I'm so thrilled. I really want to be able to photograph it, but it's been so grey and gloomy that I wouldn't be able to take any pictures that would do it justice. Hopefully, the sun will come back out this afternoon, and I can take a few shots when I get home. I also want to be able to wear it, but given the size of it, it's not the kind of thing you can easily wear under a coat. When it gets warmer again, it'll be perfect on its own.
This thing took me from before Thanksgiving until after the Spring Equinox. It's a little overwhelming to think that it's done.
Yesterday, I also started something new. This will also be a very long project--much longer than the Shipwreck. On the other hand, it will be FULL of little bits of instant hexagonal gratification. Yes, that's right: I've started the Beekeeper's Quilt! It looks like a great way of using up bits of leftover sock yarn. I'm almost done with my first hexipuff (using the Honeybee Skinny Bugga that I used for the Shipwreck). I like the fact that I can just whip up one of these in very little time, and that I don't need to carry the whole thing around with me at any given time: just my working yarn and the current hexipuff on the needles. I estimate that this may take several years, especially if I ONLY use leftover yarn, and don't buy skeins just for this. It's nice to know that I'll have something easy to do between projects, though, for the foreseeable future!
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Hi - just wondered if you know why the designer of Shipwreck hasn't designed anything for quite a while. I love that shawl & am working on it almost even as I type. It is addictive.
No idea, Stephanie! She has a Ravelry account (Knittingharpy), so you could probably send her a message there to ask, if you wanted. It really is a great pattern, isn't it?
It is a great pattern - I did leave her a message about a problem with a lace chart, but no reply. I was concerned because as far as I can find out, no one has received a reply to any question. There are technical questions on her blog; no answer. The very last entry is a pages long diatribe about God and doom, etc., so I've been kind of worried. There is nothing anywhere after 3/11/09 that I can find. I seriously hope she is okay.
It does look like she's posted flickr photos as recently as last summer, and also has updated her LiveJournal as recently as this past November. The pages-long diatribe appears to be weird schizo spam from some random person who wandered by.
Oh, I'm glad to hear that! Wasn't that an odd rant? I don't know her, but her words always seemed to be cheerful & upbeat so I was concerned. Thanks!!!!
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