Knitting: a finished snowdrop shawl

When I was in London in June I saw  Caroline, and could finally hand over her shawl. I've blogged about it before here and here, and actually finished it back in late May, but couldn't block it at the time because the spare room was such a mess I couldn't get the bed open. And also, I didn't want to blog about it before I gave it to her.

But when I eventually tidied up the spare room and did block it before travelling down, I forgot to take pictures. So Caroline very kindly took this one of the finished project for me:

I was really happy with the way it turned out, and the pattern was fun. I probably won't do another with a knitted-on edging, though, because picking up stitches for it was a complete nightmare, and when I got to the point, after several day's work, I wasn't at the point in the pattern repeat I should have been at. I had a choice of losing a great deal of work or... fudging it slightly. I'm afraid I went for the latter! At least with a edging that's knitted with the rest of the shawl you can read your pattern to see if you've gone wrong - that wasn't really possible with this one.

The pattern was Yarn Harlot's Snowdrop Shawl. There's a link to the pattern, and all the other details here. 

I'm now taking a mini rest from knitting, partly because it's summer, partly because I've finished a bunch of things I've promised people, and largely because I got not one, but three Emily Peacock tapestry kits for my birthday and I'm really enjoying making them. But that's a whole different post! However, there's enough beautiful yarn in my drawer, and fab patterns in my queue, to ensure I'll be back knitting again soon.