Yarn Tales

After about a year and three month of knitting in, I finished the Queen Susan Shawl.

I've dabbled in knitting before but never a project of this intricacy or scare (which was exactly what appealed to me, I'm very susceptible to complicated crafting projects 😅) , so while it is not perfect, I'm very happy with the outcome.

Here it is spread out (side lenghts are about 140 cm):

And some close-ups:

Photos of the doily are of it while being blocked. I totally forgot to get any pics after I took all the pins out. The finished size was 51 inches in diameter.

OP what is this coffin lookin’ doohickey?

I want a coffin box for my pins, now.🤣

Lastly, that doily is so ridiculously gorgeous I could cry! @yarntails you did an amazing job, and may I ask which pattern this is and where I can go to buy it?

And these mats are my def my faves, but I wish I could’ve gotten mine that cheap. I got mine at Walmart. I soooo wish i had a harbor freight near me.

Doily 10 | Pattern | Yarn

Finally blocked this guy! I had put it off for a very long time because I honestly did not like him. I didn't like how the center looked, I didn't like how the flowers weren't laying flat, I didn't like the cast off, and I was fully convinced there was no way any imperfections were going to block out in a way that satisfied me.

Thankfully I was wrong. At least while he's pinned out I think he's quite pretty. I still have a couple nitpicks about him but I no longer actively hate him. I won't really know for sure if I'd consider him a "successful" project until I know he doesn't immediately scrunch up once unpinned (and I can take another look at the one billion ends I had to weave in to make sure they're secure post blocking) but I no longer wish to forget he exists.

I got this gorgeous cone of golden weaving yarn at a discount because someone opposed pretty marvelously with their boxcutter

I’m visiting friends in Vermont and I tried some pics on the coffee table in the guest cottage - one without flash, one with.

Then I went in the kitchen and tried to do Wearing The Thing pics on both the far and near side of the kitchen table

My inability to get the center point centered annoyed me.

So I made the antiques help me as well.

The pattern is Deco Sunburst Shawl from Suvi’s Crochet, the link to which for some reason the app is not letting me paste in. It has apparently been corrected for several major errors but I found a couple others and at some point I need to notate them and email the designer.

Now I am wearing it around my shoulders as the sky rumbles and the rain patters through the trees, and I shall search for a new pattern in which to enmesh this ball of hot pink yarn I picked up further up the island.

Photos of the doily are of it while being blocked. I totally forgot to get any pics after I took all the pins out. The finished size was 51 inches in diameter.

OP what is this coffin lookin’ doohickey?

Photos of the doily are of it while being blocked. I totally forgot to get any pics after I took all the pins out. The finished size was 51 inches in diameter.

Photos of the doily are of it while being blocked. I totally forgot to get any pics after I took all the pins out. The finished size was 51 inches in diameter.

here is the finished shawl!!! i added a sort of fringe edge and had to crochet a border around the knit so it was a comfortable size. i am planning to wear it to renfaire, so heres a sneak peak of the outfit (i haven’t figured out the top yet lol) but overall im pretty happy with how it turned out :-)

Whelp I jumped from making my first normal doily to this monstrosity! It took me about 3-4 months, and 300 some odd hours to complete. It’s about 48 inches in diameter.

I used size ten red heart crochet thread, and what was supposed to be a 1.74 mm hook, but I have suspicions that it was larger.

The last thing in need to do is block it and weave in that last end. I’ll get better pictures after doing all that.

This is the first part of the pattern I used for the doily. There’s seven separate parts that you can stop at if your not interested in making the full thing!