Happy Blogiversary

Apr6

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Happy Blogiversary to me!!
The blog is four years old today, who’d have thunk it? (Certainly not David, who didn’t want to build me a blog, because he didn’t think I’d use it.)
To celebrate, let’s have a finished project!
Hyrna Herborgar. Done, knitted, finished, blocked and photographed.

It grew admirably after a bath. I was a little worried that it looked awfully small when I’d finished it, but by now, you think I’d have more faith in the magic of blocking.

Both of those pictures are pretty, but some of the detail is lost, so here are better pictures of the shawl itself.



I love, love, love it.
It’s not a hard pattern to follow, despite the sketchy translation, although it does get a little difficult once you lose that defined centre line.
Specs:
Pattern: Hyrna Herborgar from Three Cornered and Long Shawls (Purchased here)
Yarn: Fibreworks Merino/Possum 2ply in Pink Correa, purchased from Yarns Online
Needles: Addi Lace 3.5mm
As mentioned, the pattern wasn’t too difficult. The chart is fairly straightforward, and while the instructions are sketchy, they’re plenty to get by on.
Love the yarn! The possum adds a lovely softness and warmth to the yarn, but the guard hairs tend to drop out all over the place. The yarn is a little heavier than a traditional laceweight, but it’s not quite a fingering weight, so it’s a nice compromise. It’d be nice if you were just starting out with lace and didn’t want to go straight to the skinny stuff.
There’s 670 metres to a skein, and I only used just over half the skein, so the shawl itself doesn’t use a lot of yarn.
I love the way the colours come up, too. Not enough variegation to distract from the pattern, more like a shaded solid.
Final verdict? Five stars!

47 thoughts on “Happy Blogiversary”

  1. ooooh, first? Congratulations on your 4th anniversary. I will never forget your kindness and encouragement when I started blogging myself. Beautiful knitting as always!

  4. Happy blogiversary! The shawl is lovely – it looks like angel wings! And you are right, the colours work great with the pattern, no pooling or anything to distract you from the knitting!

  6. Oh the shawl is so beautiful!! Doesn’t clocking make such a difference??(She says after blacking her first very little very easy shawl!!)
    Happy Bloggiversary!!!

  8. Happy Blogiversary to you!
    Four years – wow.
    Love reading your blog and so enjoy your fabulous knitting.
    The shawl is gorgeous!

  13. Shawl – STUNNER!! I might have to investigate the book! Which is a fairly amazing statement, as I’m not generally into lace, specially of the fine yarn variety! Congrats on the 4 year blogiversary – seems like only the other day……

  16. Happy Blogiversary!!!
    And happy shawl. What a gorgeous shawl it is.
    It’s clear to me that I now need to purchase that book. I’ve resisted for quite a while now, but I see that it’s hopeless. I must knit THIS one… and can imagine that I won’t like at least one other shawl in the book….or two… or several…

  17. Sheeeesh – the Lace Wimp isn’t going neat that one if you say “although it does get a little difficult once you lose that defined centre line”.
    It looks so lovely.

  26. Happy Blogiversary! The shawl is stunning, great work as always Donna. I have some of that yarn in my stash I must bring it out it;s in the “Happy Wonderer” colourway.

  27. Happy Blogaversary!!! And the shawl is just breathtaking – gorgeous!!!! I hope this comment gets through – I’ve been having a tough time leaving them for you lately.

  28. Happy blogiversary! That shawl is stunning. You might say the pattern is not that difficult, but you don’t know knitters like me and what happens when we touch lace.

  33. Happy Blogiversary, and thanks for the yarn! It’s just beautiful, just like the light that filters into my window in the fall, just before the sun sets. I haven’t found the perfect project for it yet, but I am really looking forward to working with it!!

  36. Happy Blogaversary.
    I forgot to post! Your shawl is beyond beautiful. The details are amazing. I just had to share on my blog.

  37. Oh I’m a bit late in the congrats department. I read this post on bloglines and forgot to comment as I rushed over to ravelry to favourite your shawl! D’oh! Anyhooo, congrats on the 4 (gasp) year bloggerversary thing, how cool!I love seeing your blog name pop up on bloglines to tell me you’ve updated, such beautiful work.

  38. Oh I’m a bit late in the congrats department. I read this post on bloglines and forgot to comment as I rushed over to ravelry to favourite your shawl! D’oh! Anyhooo, congrats on the 4 (gasp) year bloggerversary thing, how cool!I love seeing your blog name pop up on bloglines to tell me you’ve updated, such beautiful work.

  40. Happy Anniversary – lotta commenters today.
    Hyrna Hoofbanger looks wonderful – I truly love this shawl so much.
    You’ve really been powering through it haven’t you? Incredible.

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