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IT IS DONE!

The epic shawl that shall not be named is FINISHED!

Once I got to the last few stitches I almost couldn't contain myself. I had chores to do today and all I could think was, "I'M SO CLOSE, JUST NEED TO GET THIS DONE!"


I finally graphed the first row of the edging with the final row and I was almost done. Due to the manner in which I had initially dyed the yarn, there were a few light areas that I wasn't fond of so I redyed the entire shawl when I was done knitting. I dipped it into a pot of darker blue and a little violet and dash of black. It deepened the blue and got rid of the lighter areas, and I really like the new shade of sapphire!


This is how much yarn I had left of my 2 skeins after binding off. I was super lucky! I worried about the remaining yarn before I even started the edging, and had I done even 1 more row while knitting the 576 stitches in the round, I bet I would have run out. PHEW!


I'll be sure to take and post more pictures as it dries, and even more when I give it to it's new owner ^_^

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  1. Auntie MJuly 22, 2014 at 8:38 PM

    It's exquisite! I don't know how you can bear to part with it.

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