Yarn Place Gentle on a 2.25 mm needle. 76,860 stitches, 218 rows, 55 grams, 52" wide and 29" deep. Model shots when I see DD again (she's away at summer school). For now, a few blocking photos. I did a gentle block, not taut, and smaller crochet loops than the pattern, as requested by DD. I knit from the top down, substituted a continuation of the spider pattern for the fagoting in the pattern, added a small leaf to the corners to make it a bit more stable for pinning with a brooch, did a narrow edge on the hypotenuse, and added repeats since as of yesterday DD is now taller than I am(!). I loved making this and hope it survives life in a teenager's backpack...
I have already cast on Jatta's Zetor in red Alpaca with a Twist Fino, and a pair of socks for DD in lovely Regia for the days when I cannot see red correctly. Photos when they outgrow the blob stage. The fruit on our neighbors' trees looks more beautiful each day. This hydrangea fills a shady corner in our yard and reminds me of DD's Barbie years.
Beautiful!! I do hope to knit that shawl some day, too!
Posted by: margene | June 27, 2008 at 05:46 PM
oooh, so pretty! I wish the lace bug would get me, because I love shawls, but alas, I do not love knitting lace.
Posted by: Catherine | June 27, 2008 at 06:00 PM
Gorgeous!
I'm sure it will survive fine. I've had my Frost Flowers and Leaves on the couch all winter and it's doing great! Especially considering the abuse it takes. Streached, crumbled and sat on and it still retains its blocking.
Ain't wool grand?
Posted by: LaurieM | June 27, 2008 at 07:25 PM
I love the edging. I seem to be in a blue mood, or should I say mode, as of late. So obviously I love the shawl. Beautiful! I need to pick up the needles again. You have inspired me, yet again!
Posted by: Marie | June 27, 2008 at 07:40 PM
Lovley! Truly lovely.
I can't wait to get home so I can start mine!
Posted by: Helen | June 27, 2008 at 07:57 PM
oh, so pretty!
best wishes from Iceland
Frida
Posted by: Fríða | June 28, 2008 at 03:21 AM
The shawl is wonderful!
Posted by: Carole | June 28, 2008 at 05:30 AM
It's lovely, your DD will be thrilled.
My DD has asked me for a shawl, but at 7 I think she is rather young for something that time-consuming to make and delicate to care for!
Posted by: Marie | June 28, 2008 at 07:54 AM
Oh, wow. WOW. Look how many extra leaves you knit! And yet the shawl is still quite reasonably sized. Your gauge must have been somewhere between tiny and microscopic! ;-) And just thinking about all the calculations and modifications that went into it makes my head hurt a little. ;-)
Posted by: Beth S. | June 28, 2008 at 08:05 AM
Very beautiful! I love the leafy patterns. I can understand your worries about life in the teenager's backpack. Hope a girl is more gentle then my two guys were about theirs!
Posted by: Barb | June 28, 2008 at 09:07 AM
That is gorgeous! The color is just divine, and I love your modifications.
Posted by: Lorette | June 28, 2008 at 09:57 AM
Beautiful shawl for your beautiful DD! I can't believe she's taller than you now. Yikes. Weedlike comes to mind.
Posted by: sil | June 28, 2008 at 01:12 PM
Well, the lace bug has struck there, but it was only a little bug, thank goodness.
Posted by: Sharon | June 28, 2008 at 09:40 PM
Your Fina is beautiful. If it really ends up traveling in your daughter's backpack, it'll probably require blocking more often than usual, but what good would it good sitting there without being used, right? :)
Posted by: Francesca | June 29, 2008 at 04:07 PM
Beautiful! I like the corner modification. Very practical.
The gardens are looking fine. Those hydrangea are lush.
Posted by: Laurie | June 30, 2008 at 04:11 AM
Wonderful!!
Posted by: Cathy | June 30, 2008 at 07:27 AM
that is soooo lovely. I am currently wrestlin gwiht a lace sock pattern. i'm going for 3 falls out of 4.
Your makes me jealous.
Posted by: Carol | July 02, 2008 at 07:47 PM
That is very beautiful.
Smallness no longer!
Posted by: claudia | July 03, 2008 at 06:13 PM