Sivia Harding's pattern for the Diamond Fantasy Lace shawl says, and I quote, "block severely". Not "aggressively", "severely".
Done, and done.
This is Blue Moon Fiber Art's amazing Seduction (50% Merino, 50% Tencel) in Winter Solstice. Love, love, loved knitting with it!
I'm not a particularly loose knitter, but this blocked 9" longer and almost 20" wider than the pattern size. (And no, I didn't do an extra pattern repeat -- in fact, I just went and recounted!) Mind you, I'm not objecting to the size. I'm tall, and I was thinking about adding a repeat or two if it looked like it was going to be small.
Now the hard part: waiting 'til it dries!
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Gorgeous!
Maybe you were just extra severe? No matter; it's beautiful!
Very pretty! If you used different yarn than Syvia did in the pattern, then you'll get different results. ;-) Bigger in your case sounds like better.
Wow, it's absolutely lovely. I guess some things blossom under severity!
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