Finished, Finally!
Tonight I pulled the blocking wires off my scarf and proclaimed it finished! With the twisted fringe, it's nearly 8 feet long.
It's so soft, and smelled like heaven after I washed it in Lavender Eucalan wash before blocking. Taking it off the blocking wires was so exciting that even my husband stopped what he was doing to see the "unveiling."
I packed it in a bamboo "Treasure Chest" with lavender sachets, several skeins of lovely yarns, and latched it closed.
Because I was late finishing the scarf, I also made a felted knitting needle holder for my pal, and hope she'll enjoy it and accept my apologies for being so later in finishing the scarf. I lined the knitting needle holder with vintage Reyn Spooner fabric, added some wooden knitting needles, needle caps and Eucalan wool wash. Putting the package together was as much fun as knitting the scarf!
The scarf my first completed lace project, and I learned so much. I also fell in love with the Handworks Dressing Wires, which made blocking the scarf so easy and the edges so straight. I can't recommend these blocking wires enough--they are so beautifully packaged, work like a charm, and also part of the profits go to support a very worthy cause. I have no affiliation with the product, just a very happy customer. You can order these excellent wires at www.handworksnw.com
Tomorrow I'll send the project to my very patient ISE pal. What fun this has been!
posted by Debi D at 5:09 AM
12 Comments:
Oh, please can you be my secret pal!!!!! The recipiant of your package is going to be so lucky.
I haven't got mine yet either :-(
Wow, now that is an extraordinary gift! Excellent work on your first lace project... and all the trimmings. :)
Oh that's a gorgeous needle case, is it your pattern? Thanks for the tip on the wires, I'll have to get some of those! Love the scarf, it's just lovely.
That is beautiful, and a needle case too! wow!
Wow! Your secret pal is so lucky! The scarf is gorgeous.
whomever your pal is, she SURE is lucky!! Beautiful color, and I'm so impressed it's your FIRST lace project!
Wow, great lace and such nice extras! And Reyn's Spooner fabric always makes me nostalgic for Hawaii!!
Gorgeous, all the way around. Your pal is very lucky!
OMG.... That is just TOO perfect. From the most outrageous scarf that was meticulously crafted with love... to the handmade felted needlecase... o needles.. to lavender rinse... to the fabulous "treasure chest." No girl... YOU are the treasure!
Ohhh, thank you all so much for the lovely comments! This is the greatest group of knitters--so supportive and encouraging.
I have to tell you that for me, this was a major accomplishment. I live with an advanced vascular disease that already took my legs 30 years ago, and now affects my hands. It takes a lot of patience to knit because I can only knit a little while, then put it aside, then pick it up again, yadda, yadda, yadda.
So to actually get an 8 foot scarf finished was like climbing a mountain of doubt, even if I was a real turtle and didn't make it to the finish line until everyone else was long finished.
It was that I made it--I actually finished the project--that made it a day to rejoice. My husband--who has been so patient and encouraging, was whooping with joy along with me, and both of us broke down in tears when it was all packaged up.
So not only was this a great learning experience for me, it was a personal achievement against the odds that my hands could ever DO this. I'm so pleased and so delighted to have received such wonderful feedback--it's made this an "OLYMPIC GOLD" achievement for me!
Four years ago I carried the Olympic Torch on it's journey to Salt Lake City, along with my service dog Peek. It was a magical experience for me, and I felt like "Queen for a Day."
My hands were so bad at that time that I could hardly get my hand around the torch, and was very grateful that they were able to mount it securely on my power wheelchair so I wouldn't drop it.
Yesterday, finishing that scarf, I felt just like I'd carried that torch again--it was such a special moment in time for me, a real personal "high" but perhaps even more special because the recipient of this scarf is such an extraordinary person who has been a personal inspiration to me all along the journey.
I thank you all for your support and good cheer--truly, it's so nourishing!
Debi, smiling back at you all!
Debi, you are an inspiration to us all, and a reminder to be grateful every day for what we have and what we can do. May God bless you.
Debi,
You are a true champion.
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