Another shawl!

[aunty_marion]

This one is called "198 Yards of Heaven". I, erm, was dared to make it. I dared kniteracy to make one over the weekend; then I realised I'd just been given some wool of about the right weight for one, and printed off the pattern and tucked them away together, and then she dared me back. I finished mine at 2.30pm yesterday, having cast on late Friday afternoon; she had a few more things to concentrate on over the weekend, but will almost certainly have finished it by tomorrow.


This is what it looked like on Saturday afternoon.



And this is what it looks like now, being blocked!



The yarn is Rowan Classic Soft Lux, in a sage green, with metallic Lurex bits in it. I actually needed more than the 198 yards the pattern 'requires', as both kniteracy and I agreed that to make it a better size, a third full repeat of the pattern would be good. I had two full balls of the yarn (at 137 yards each), and part of a third one; I've used most of it! I'm quite pleased - there are a couple of mistakes, but this is the first fully-lace project I've done.

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[aunty_marion]

Thanks! Because of the way the pattern works, you need to do x full repeats *plus* rows 1-12 of the main pattern before going into the edging. We decided that two full repeats wasn't quite enough for us either, so we did three, but (as long as you have plenty of yarn!) there's nothing to stop you doing more! We've also both decided (after seeing comments about it on Ravelry) that we'd do the lace edging in stocking/stockinette stitch, rather than garter stitch.

As to size, those blocking mats are 24"/60cm across from side to side, and I've got it pinned out *almost* corner to corner of two, with a third one attached for the point. So it'll be about 5' across from corner to corner, and about 24" deep, if that helps.