5 Years in the Making
I have finally finished my fine lace shawl!! I didn’t run out of the yarn after all!
I put this project on the back burner forever because I thought I would run out of this beautiful hand dyed lace weight 100% pure silk yarn. I decided to keep going across the 400 and something stitches that took me 45 min to make 1 row and kept chipping away at it.
I must say I did cut the pattern 2 rows short because I would have run out of yarn for the beautiful crochet edge.
After 100’s of hours and 100’s of thousands of stitches I’m done!!!!!
I blocked this shawl on my rug with 200 pins and misted it with water and a touch of starch. I covered this with layers of fabric ……because I have a cat with claws (eeeeekkkk)
It dried nicely and the drape is beautiful the lace opened up nicely to show off the peacock pattern. I just need to find something to wear this with 🙂
That is the most amazing shawl I’ve ever seen! A cream shift dress would look fab underneath it. I hope it becomes a family heirloom and lives forever, it really is jaw-dropping gorgeous!
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Thank you so much. Yes I will pass this down to my daughter for sure and I agree I think some sort of white or off white dress would look the best with this shawl…..hmm I may have a new sewing project to put on my list 🙂
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I agree and well worth 5 years. Gorgeous! x
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Thanks
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That’s gorgeous.
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Thank you
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That is beautiful! I just don’t have the patience for a project like that. Good for you! Now you have to sew yourself up a lovely dress to show your shawl off!
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You know you are right! I thought about what I can wear with this now that I finished it and I stand in my closet stumped. I think Thimberlina is right and a white or off white summer dress would be nice 🙂
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Absolutely! That would really show it off!
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Oh my! It is just exquisite! It doesn’t matter now how long it has taken ……it’s just beautiful and worth every second! 💝
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Thank you I am pretty excited to be finished it 🙂
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oh my goodness – that is GORGEOUS!
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Thank you 🙂
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