Barbara blocking

I love the shaping of these shawls. Here’s Barbara – imperfections and all, and she’s still a beauty. The imperfections are, of course, my mistakes, not the pattern’s. The patterns and charts are all written fabulously. It looks like she’ll be just right for a little summer cover-up. I worried it would be too small, but I don’t think it is. Blocking still continues to amaze/amuse me.

I’m not a fast knitter, plus I had a couple months of down time with the flu, so this one took three months to complete. It really is NOT that time-consuming of a project. I just wasn’t knitting much this spring.
Specs:

• Began/Finished: March 8 – June 1, 2008
• Needles: Size 6, Addi Turbo circular, 40 in.
• Yarn: Elann.com Endless Summer Connemara – 8 skeins.
• Finished Size: 66 in (168 cm) by 26 in (66 cm)