The Shawl is Done

I finished the giant black shawl!! Well, mostly black.

The 1900 yards have been bound off and I had a few yards leftover. Based on the weight, it's a little over that count, the skeins each had an extra yard or two but the wee leftovers on my desk are very wee. Certainly not enough to have done another round, but long enough that I wasn't worried about playing yarn chicken once I was 2/3rds of the way through the bindoff.

The shawl is Nuvem by Martina Behm. The yarn is Dragonfly Fibers Pixie in the Shaggy Dog and Firecracker colorways.

That's a full size bed that it's lying across This shawl is massive. And doesn't photograph well indoors. I'm not sure I have the right lights for the lightbox set up this would need. 

I have not blocked it yet and I'm not sure how much I will block it, though after all the places it has been a wash won't go amiss. (Also, I'm not sure where I have room to block it. We're sorting things in the dining room right now so my usual floor space is not available.) 

The Philosopher asked if I liked it once I as done and honestly, I don't know. It's not what I had planned/expected. The colored yarn came out far more muted than I anticipated. Also, the fourth skein didn't really get a chance to shine as it's such a thin part and then the ruffle. 

Overall though, it's a cosy piece. Very much a toss around the shoulders and go to run Saturday morning errands in early October or pile on top of my coat in January because it will be super high but not thick. It may also become a live-in-my-office shawl, if I can keep a couple of coworkers from sneaking off with it. (Similar color sense abounds in my department). 

This does put me over 3km for Stash Dash and I'm still hopeful of 5km. And I get to wear this to Stitches Midwest and show the DragonFly Fiber dyers the results!