Little update

Sorry, y'all; I went out to see some improv comedy tonight. So this is going to be a short post!

But here's my creative endeavor for the day -- some finishing! Blocking, as any knitter will tell you, is a vital part of the process. It turns a tangled-up pile of cat-barf into beautiful, intricate lace.

So, I did some blocking!

So attractive, right?

First, the Eleanor Cowl by Audrey Knight, which was a pleasure to knit. I did it with the yarn I had leftover from making a Thendara for my ex-boyfriend; I'm not sure what it was, but it's light fingering, clearly some nice, soft wool (my bet is on merino), and lovely.

(Modifications: I cast off one repeat of the shell motif before the pattern says to stop. It was a good call. I think I was going to run out of yarn, and I think it would have been too long. As it stands, it's perfect!)

Then, my Seigaiha by the utterly amazing Kitman Figueroa. Seriously, I have never run across another designer whose patterns so consistently appeal to (and amaze!) me. She's awesome.

I will update with photos of both -- but especially Seigaiha -- when they're unpinned and in natural light. I might also reblock Seigaiha; I discovered halfway through the blocking process that at some point (somewhere in my last move, probably), a bunch of my blocking wires went walkabout. Disaster! So since I have no patience, I pinned the scallops out into points rather than into scallops.

I'm pleased with myself for having finished this one. It was a tough knit for me emotionally. I started the cast on as a way to distract myself during the argument that ended an almost-six-year-long relationship (I had to do it four times). It sat, untouched, in a project bag for over six months before I could even look at it again -- then I finished the knitting part in the throes of infatuation and new love. It seems somehow fitting that the blocking -- the actual finishing of the thing as a wearable object -- comes after another heartbreak, putting me back pretty much where I was when I started. It's just you and me again, shawl -- me and my knitting, me and my creative projects, just us.

Let's do this thing.