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I’ve been absolutely bored to tears with the projects I have on hand so this weekend I pulled some silk I got as a gift from Jenny K. It’s hard to believe that even though Jenny and I have never met, we’ve been friends for almost 10 years. We’ve even knit a shawl together!* It was the very first lace shawl that I have ever in my whole life made. So of course it was a complete disaster.
It was the absolute Shawl from Hell. Not only did I end up quadrupling the number of required stitches a few times, one of my cats ended up *peeing* on the durned thing! Thank goodness for baking soda and lemon juice and lots of hot water. In defense of the now deceased cat, he was a sick puddy tat and he only got a small portion of it. Plus his Momma left the shawl in a spot that was unwise to say the least.
So not only did I have a shawl that looked about 6 inches long and say 6 feet wide, I also had a shawl that stank to high heaven. It was just about the most discouraging project I have ever encountered in my knitting career.
Since I took so long in actually knitting and sending off the shawl, it’s no wonder that I’ve waited so long in actually blogging about it. Every time I think of that shawl I break out in chills and sweats all at the very same time. It’s a wonder that I ever picked up the needles to knit another shawl again. From what I recall it took me about 2 years just to send the unfinished shawl to Jenny in England. It was so long ago, I have no pictures of the shawl. It might have even taken place pre-camera!
I can write about it now because it’s finally finished and I can finally remember some of the details again. I had stuffed the memory of the shawl so deeply into the dark recesses of my mind it took a lot of work just trying to figure out what I could remember about it.
Now I can put it all behind me and look forward to the droning monotny of ruffles. Lots and lots of ruffles… oh but there’s silk too. Pretty silk. See?
*Details and pictures of the shawl are all on Jenny’s blog
