Hush, Hush Sweet Charlotte

For $25 at Home Depot, I created my own blocking "wire" kit and blocking boards out of random rods and foam board.





This is my first, and likely last, Charlotte's Web Shawl.

5 skeins Koigu: 2 purples, 1 pink/orange/purple, 1 blue, 1 green/teal/blue
Started July 2007
Finished August 2007

I enjoyed knitting her even though I don't think the lace pattern itself is beautiful. I'm annoyed with myself for not "fixing" some of the instructions. They were written for beginners and thus use a few shortcuts that I don't like.

I wish I had started the shawl with the same beginning as something like the Flower Basket Shawl in Interweave Knits. Instead, I followed the instructions and I really don't like how it looks. I did change the shoulder edge to a 2-stitch garter edge vs. the st st edge that is in the pattern. I dislike fringe in general, so I just left the crocheted edge as is.

I chose to use the same color for the beginning and the end. I was very glad I did so because I would have run out of the last color otherwise.