30 March 2012

FO: Dahlia the third and pins

I completed my THIRD Dahlia and gave it to its most deserving recipient, my Crochet Biatch, R.  Only one week late for her birthday.  I think she liked it!  She peeled off her scarf and two cardigans she was wearing to keep herself warm from the chilly office aircon.  Even though this is not a shawl for warmth, more for decoration!!

Here are some before and after pictures.  I just love the transformation from bunched up to lacey and drapey that blocking does to this shawl.    

Including the obligatory 'photo including feet' which is just so fashionable in blog land.
  Oh, you'd like some stats?

Pattern:  Dahlia Shawl (duh)
Measurements: Blcoked to the recommended 70" x 35"
Yarn:  Bendigo Woollen Mills Classic 2ply cone.  Great yarn, I will be using more of this.  Just so economical and wonderful results!  It turned our really lovely and soft.  I only used 140g of the 200g cone.

And finally, modelled by the lovely Crochet Biatch R herself!!


Blocking is great isn't it?  Although this blocking this shawl is always a pinning marathon.  I used 226 pins for this sucker!  (Yes, I have a thing with counting...)  On top of that, I couldn't find my tin of pins, you know the one, with the pictures of pins on the tin?  So I had to go to TWO different supermarkets to find some more.  Seriously, first world problems. 

And to make matters worse one of the heads of the pins fell off while I was madly pinning and I it stabbed me! And I had a couple of anomolies.  Meet Blunt Pin and Two Head Pin.  I was trying to use Blunt Pin and getting increasingly frustrated until I actually looked at it and realised it was blunt.  Gah!

Yes, I really did take close up pictures of pins.  I thought you'd be interested. 
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So, with number three finished I am putting my foot down and instituting a "No moar dahlias" rule! Onward and upward to different things!!

Maybe just one more..
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Go to Tami's Amis for more lurvely FOs.  Now!

Also linking with Creative Friday at Natural Suburbia :D

13 comments:

  1. Very pretty indeed, and that's just your spotty socks :)

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  2. Wow, it looks great! I love the blocking photos, especially the close-up. And I love the two-headed pin! It's so cute ^_^

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  3. That looks like a wonderful gift! I envy you for this delicate work, I don't have the patience for something like this.

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  4. It looks beautiful :) I love seeing pre and post blocking pictures. And I enjoyed the close ups of the pins ;)

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  5. Beautiful shawl! Congratulations on you patience. I love the edge.

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  6. Thanks for sharing the blocking photos. Lovely shawl!

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  7. It's a great shawl - I can see why you've made three. I haven't photographed my own anomalous pins, but I can see why you did because I also find them very intriguing.

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  8. WOW! and I though it was cool when it was bunched up!
    I can hardly believe you made 3 of these- one would take me years!

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  9. I see why you suggested a Dahlia Shawl for my yarn! ;-) Its beautiful.

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  10. You win at life for featuring Stanley in a post about pins.

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  11. What a lucky friend - that's a beautiful gift. Blocking is absolutely magical, isn't it! :)

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  12. The difference after blocking amazes me every time. Stunning shawl!

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  13. That shawl is fabulous, but - dammit - I am not a crocheter :-/

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