Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Ta Daa

••DRUM ROLL PLEASE••

My Icarus Shawl is finally complete. It took me 13 days less than a year but I finally did it!!! You can also take a look at Icarus in my gallery of finished objects.

Here she is pre-blocking.



Scooter is giving her "tail" of approval...




Blocking





Blocking close-up




Fashion Line-Up










THE DETAILS
Pattern: Icarus Shawl, by Miriam Felton
Source: Summer 2006 issue of Interweave Knits
Date: Cast On - 05.19.06 // Cast Off - 05.06.07
Yarn: KnitPicks Alpaca Cloud, Autumn (2+ skeins)
Needles: Size 3 US (3.25mm), Inox Grey circular needles, 32"
Pattern Notes: 5 repeats of chart 1
Dimensions: 72" wide across the top; 35" from top center to bottom point; 50" along the sides

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW Tammy - your Icarus is so pretty. It is fun to watch it go from pre-blocking to it's luxurious finale - beautiful!!!

KnittingMoose said...

Tammy, your Icarus is gorgeous! Very, very nicely done. :)

Anonymous said...

Nice! Your Icarus is very pretty, and I really like the colour you used for it.

Anonymous said...

Your Icarus is gorgeous! Thanks for all the great photos. Really enjoyed your post.

-Helen