Lace in the house

I will have you know that I'm not the only one who's been blocking this weekend.

Inspired, I can only assume, by me, DD announced this morning (while I was taking pictures of my MIL's completed Garden Shawl) that she was also going to "pin her shawl". She showed me the shawl (her cosy fleece blanket). She showed me the pins (toy cutlery from her tea tray set). She warned me NOT TO STEP ON HER SHAWL. And then she blocked it:

It's not just me who thinks this is the height of cute, right?

Garden Shawl for MIL

I'm afraid I'm never going to get over myself because of this.


Completed (unfortunately the dark blanket underneath wasn't quite big enough to go under the whole thing, but you get the idea)


One quarter of the shawl


Detail of the centre


Detail of the flower motif along the 'spines'


Detail of the leaf pattern


Detail of the fern and dewdrop motifs


Detail of the large flower motif


Detail of the blossom and dewdrop motifs


Detail of the edging

The shawl has been tagged, wrapped, and put under the tree. I can't wait. Just eight more sleeps until Plotz Day.

Stornaway sweater for DH

This is now the only uncomplete piece of Christmas knitting, and it's forging ahead surprisingly well, considering that DH has been in the house with me almost all weekend.

(Meme and comments responses coming, I swear...but I just couldn't resist putting the lace photos up today.)