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[pensnest]

1. My hand smells of cheese. Stilton. It is distracting.

2. Joey sings. Rather beautifully. Once upon a time I used to find out this kind of thing from fans, but nowadays Lance's Twitter is the source of all the interesting news.

3. Sick of Thicke's shit? Ask Thicke hashtag goes, unsurprisingly, rather badly. Hee.

4. Apparently, Justin and Jessica both play golf. Their lives are so exciting.

5. And now for something completely different:

I finished it!



Pity about the shadow, but there is nowhere I can put it that won't be shadowed, at the moment.

It is very beautiful, although I have to admit that it is full of mistakes. I think I shall have another go at this pattern, because it is *gorgeous*. I want to do a more peacock-coloured version, rich greens and blues, and perhaps add in the beading next time as well. The pattern—the Renaissance Shawl by Anne-Lise Maigaard—is really well presented and easy to follow. It's all in charts, and I didn't find any flaws in it, only in my own knitting.

A close-up:



I have not blocked the little crocheted chains around the edge, although the pattern shows them as little open points. But I think they're pretty good as they are.

Comments

[watervole]

Make sure you photograph it from both front and back.

[pensnest]

Are you on Ravelry? I've just added a front view and a back view to the project—my Ravelry name is Nestholder.

I think it would probably drape differently in a wool- or silk-based yarn, but I quite like the way the cotton gives it definite structure.

[watervole]

Thanks. I've just friended you on Ravelry. I'm JudithProctor.

It's beautiful. The subtle colour changes are lovely and the way it drapes is completely different from what I expected with those ripples down the back.

but I now know it's one I won't knit. I prefer shawls that are longer at the front (because I tend to get cold on the chest).

[pensnest]

I think the fact that it's knitted in cotton must be in part responsible for the way it drapes - purely by luck! But it is quite a curled neckline, which leads to not much at the front. Still, there's no shortage of recipes on Ravelry—I spend so much time drooling over them.