Finally, it is finished.
I started working on that shawl an embarrassingly long time ago. Last July. I based the design on the leafy lace pattern in this cardigan, turning it into a wrap rather than a sweater.
I set it aside in September to focus on holiday gifts and other projects, then got lost in a month or so of hat obsession… and finally picked it up again a couple of weeks ago and finished it off in about a day. It’s odd how often that happens – a project (of whatever type) becomes a total mental block until… it isn’t. Apply a little focus and willpower and suddenly, the impossibly obnoxious thing is done.
I’d say that’s been the primary lesson of the last year or so, but that would mean actually sorting out the lessons I’ve been sitting with. It doesn’t matter much, really, which lesson is primary. When the end result of a lesson is a finished object, it’s a nice feeling.
This is beautiful, how big is it? I wish I were a fast enough hand knitter to tackle a project like this, but I’m too impatient so I normally stick to my machines, it would take me years otherwise!
Congratulations!
Thanks, Allie! It’s about 23 inches by 66 inches, although that measurement is very approximate. I’m somewhat impatient, too, but hand knitting has taught me a lot about patience and reward – I’m have the luxury of doing this entirely as a hobby, so deadlines are usually self-imposed and not adhered to!
Wow, that’s an impressive size! I’ve been trying to improve my hand knitting but have just been working on small projects so far, when it comes to the bigger things I tend to use my machine, it’s just so much more instant, when it’s behaving that is!