Swallowtail Shawl

This was my first "real" lace. Every time I walk into the dining room where
it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. I've seen so many gorgeous
pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I have made
one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

LauraJ

On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:38:40 +0000, LauraJ wrote:

This was my first "real" lace. Every time I walk into the dining room
where it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. I've seen so many
gorgeous pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I
have made one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

LauraJ

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

Thank you for sharing! :-)
--
Bernadette

Laura wrote:

This was my first "real" lace. Every time I walk into the dining room
where it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. I've seen so many
gorgeous pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that
I have made one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

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

On May 16, 9:38*pm, "LauraJ" wrote:
This was my first "real" lace. *Every time I walk into the dining room where
it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. *I've seen so many gorgeous
pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I have made
one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

LauraJ

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

LauraJ wrote:
This was my first "real" lace. Every time I walk into the dining room where
it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. I've seen so many gorgeous
pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I have made
one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

LauraJ


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

_ _ _ _ _
Millie

9 shades of jade.

"LauraJ" wrote in message news:QwkXj.42$Uf1.5@trndny08...
This was my first "real" lace. Every time I walk into the dining room
where it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. I've seen so many
gorgeous pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I
have made one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

LauraJ

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:
This was my first "real" lace. Every time I walk into the dining room where
it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. I've seen so many gorgeous
pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I have made
one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

LauraJ

On May 18, 7:42*am, Spike Driver wrote:
Lauraj,

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

Hugs and God bless,
Dennis & Gail



LauraJ wrote:
This was my first "real" lace. *Every time I walk into the dining room where
it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. *I've seen so many gorgeous
pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I have made
one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

LauraJ- Hide quoted text -

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

"Bernadette" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 May 2008 18:38:40 +0000, LauraJ wrote:

This was my first "real" lace. Every time I walk into the dining room
where it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. I've seen so many
gorgeous pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I
have made one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

LauraJ

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

Thank you for sharing! :-)
--
Bernadette


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

"The Other Kim" wrote in message
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Laura wrote:

This was my first "real" lace. Every time I walk into the dining room
where it is blocking I am amazed that I knit it. I've seen so many
gorgeous pictures of other people's lace shawls and can't believe that I
have made one myself now!



Thanks for looking!

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


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