Trapeze KAL clue 3

Since this summer has been spent with lots of time on the road, not much quilting or sewing has been done and I'm starting to feel withdrawal symptoms - must get back to my machine!

I've been participating in the Trapeze shawl KAL (knit-a-long) for several weeks now and we are on clue3.  On week one we knit one of these trapezoid shapes, then we had two weeks for clue 2, which was to make two more of the same shape, placing our stitches on colored yarn that was different for each one.  This week's clue started putting them together with the lace triangle in between two of the trapezoids, that we have also been calling things.  It's interesting to watch the knitting take shape, and I'm guessing that the next clue will be another triangle which is a mirror image of this week's triangle, that will connect the remaining piece we have knit.  From there, who knows, but I'll venture a guess we'll move on to adding a border.

Green Leafy Lace Shawl - thank you and more info

First, thank you for the compliments!

Judy asked about the pattern and if I used blocking wires. The pattern is Leaf Lace Shawl by Fiber Trends, that I purchased locally. I actually purchased three shawl patterns at the same time, because I liked all of them, and couldn't make up my mind which I wanted to make first. Some of them have measurements and supplies for more than one size yarn, and that is really helpful, and this one can be made from lace weight yarn, up to DK weight. The next one is all kitted up by me with some dark turquoise / teal yarn that I handspun, and am anxious to try out, but it is waiting for me to finish other projects (I don't even want to know how many UFOs I have).

Like Paula, I finally purchased blocking wires from Knit Picks, and wouldn't have been able to block this shawl, or my large scarves without them, as the projects are larger than my blocking board, which is also indespensible, both for blocking knitting that it was intended for, but also for quilts that will fit on it. For this shawl, it was pinned with the neck edge centered, and as close to the long edge of my blocking board as I could get. It took two wires (overlapped) on each of the three sides, and I just pinned as much as I could to the board, and left the points hang past the edge, pulling the lace out the best I could. It worked so well, I can't even tell where it went off the board.

Green leafy lace shawl

Here is a UFO that is finally finished!!!
I've been knitting this in the background, when the mood strikes, or sometimes during road trips, and I pulled it out on Christmas, deciding it would be finished and ready to wear, instead of taking up space in my studio (besides, I need more space for quilting). Above is a photo of it before blocking, and below is after blocking. What a difference!

Because it was so large, I figure you'd like a closer view, so here are a couple more pics, so you can see the details: