What I did this weekend
Woke up late and had lazy breakfasts, followed by lazy walks. Did one errand (food shopping). Skipped outdoor climbing for gym climbing because it's too hot and traffic in and out of L.A. is a nightmare. Walked down to the pier for the annual Fiesta Hermosa, which is a celebration of massively embarrassing consumerism and not of remembrance of our war veterans. BF liked the Led Zeppelin cover band; I thought they were pretty good. Watched 3 DVDs, all of which were ho-hum and forgettable ("Stunning!" claimed one DVD review. Yeah, it stunned me). Baked an eggless, butterless Moist Chocolate Crazy Cake (scroll down this article), my first *ever* baked item! I may have overbaked it a little and I think it needs more chocolate. But I made it! :-) And BF ate it! Started on a new top-down project, details to come soon. And of course, blocked the beeg shawl.
I love how the pattern emerges with blocking, don't you? Lace, above all other knitted projects, gives the best knitter's high.
I stretched this thing to within an inch of warping. I told you I'm merciless!
Perfect symmetry. I've got 8 ends to weave in, no biggie compared to the 46 million ends of the top-down deep v-neck sweater! I'm curious about the Russian join that I've seen around the blogs; I'll try it next time I've got a shawl project.
I've found another Forest Path Stole, this time knitted by Krys in lovely green! She also kindly pointed out the errata; I've got it bookmarked for when I start on mine.
Blogworthy: If you can believe, this is design and illustration company. That's a lot of work. A lot of free time, perhaps? Here's a BIG boo-boo: if you scroll to "the dark side" (right), you'll see... Half Dome. Apparently there are dragons flying near Half Dome.
The shawl looks great. That site is pretty over-the-top, but I'm confused about what you mean by the half dome boo boo.
anything knitted in black always looks impressive to me - lace all the more so. lovely! and yup, blocking lace is like nothing else, yay.
i'm a recent russian join convert and now i use it on anything that isn't wool (for wool i always use a spit join) - hate to weave in ends, especially in lace.
This is a stunning shawl! I've been wanting to knit the Forest Path Stole for ages too.
Gorgeous! I just love the miracle of blocking. It's always SO dramatic.
Lovely,lovely lace. Blocking lace is so satisfying! It's a good colour - shows up the pattern dramatically well.
That looks even better with blocking - stunning!
damn that lace is looking good. and totally hear you on the highest-high being lace induced.
I can't wait to see it unpinned. The sneak peeks of it look awesome.
That is incredible blocked out! Wow...can't wait to see it "in action"!
Your shawl is beautiful, MJ. More pictures, please! Thanks also for the link to the Russian join. How clever. I want to give it a try as well.
you put any other shawl knitter to shame once again MJ ;) hope you enjoyed the lazy weekend.. oh how I envy you :) glad BF like the baked goods... did he know that it was void of the Good (bad) stuff?
Knitter's high, indeed! Such a lovely shawl! I really like it in the dark color too ;)
That point looks SO GOOD - cake sounds yummy too!
The shawl is breathtaking!
AMAZING. It was gorgeous before blocking, I almost can't even look at it now. ;-) Beautiful.
I tell ya, every time I feel frustrated with my knitting all I have to do is visit this site to be instantly inspired. Beautiful!
What a cool shawl! It is really stunning in black with the white background behind.
Beautiful! I can't believe you knit it all in black. Was it tough on the eyes??
Interesting design site. I read their About "page". I wonder if it has occured to them that some companies might not want their corporate presence designed by dragons...