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All repairs have been made. All ends have been trimmed. The shawl has been dragged through a ring.
This is a mostly accurate reproduction of an 1880s-1910s Shetland lace ring shawl.
I used Jamieson and Smith Shetland Supreme 1ply in natural white. This yarn was developed with Shetland Museum and Archives as part of the Shetland Fine Lace Project, and is a 100% Shetland wool reproduction of the original handspuns used.
For additional historical accuracy, I also had borderline severe anemia for this entire project without knowing what was wrong with me.
Dimensions are 5 foot 8 inches square.
Detail shots:
Bonus slow-mo gif of it in motion. You can kind of get a feel for how it tries to velcro to itself at the very end (the edging points are flipped up and stuck) which is the main reason I didn't try other methods of capturing the drape capabilities. You'll have to take my word for it that it's super drapey.
Ring shawls got their name from the fact that one of the ways to prove the authenticity and quality was to pull it through a wedding ring--provided, of course, that the diameter of the ring was half an inch or less.
I do not have wedding rings.
I have goth rings.
I dragged it through a size 5 (approx 1/2 inch diameter) coffin ring. I do not recommend this.
Tumblr seems to be objecting to me trying to post the video of this. I'll either get it in a reblog of my own post, or link the two posts together once I can upload it separately.
There is some BBC archive footage on YouTube of a reporter interviewing two lace knitters who demonstrate this at the end of the video. The reporter stated the shawl being used for this demonstration is 27 square feet.
Mine is a little over 32 square feet.
This was made particularly challenging by the fact I could NOT block it at max tension--the cotton thread that strings it up to the blocking frame sawed through part of the edging, and I had to stop at the dimensions I had. As a result, the density of this fabric is thicker than it would have been otherwise.
But I did it and I retain the bragging rights forever.
@battleblaze I'm going to beat you to the punch this time and tag @knottybliss myself. Thank you for the object lesson in "don't post pics when still in the pits of stress over blocking going horrifically wrong" lmao
@the-fibre-stuff Thanks! I made the frame, too! I think the skew in that very hasty photo is largely the angle--there's just not enough space without moving very heavy furniture to get a good head-on angle. But my crochet cotton DID saw through an edging point while I was trying to make sure that it was all perfectly even (and it's hard to get my frame to stay square) so I think there is a skew, but hey, if I'm the only one that knows, I'm chill. Glad to hear that it passes the galloping horse test, in any case.
@ghostrepeater I'll never tell. You can't make me.
@invisiblefoxfire I still think you said it best: This thing is determined to simply not exist at all, but my will is superior.
And finally (maybe) @lacewise as predicted, now that the finishing details have been completed, better pictures taken, I AM proud. Exhausted. But proud. It remains to be seen how often I allow this thing to leave the house.
Everyone else that complemented my very hasty, zero contrast, probably super eye-strainy "please send help and/or booze" quick pic--thank you. I legit never post anything, I truly am a habitual lurker. I've only ever gotten that many notes on boop day. I'd tag some more mutuals, but honestly, you're seeing it in more than one place.
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Little Lord 44 enjoying an extremely luxurious afternoon
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Battle cat stickers 🐱🔪
Coming to my shop for a limited time on 4/27! ⭐️
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reblog for sample size !!
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Omg I'm so sorry, this sounds like such a nightmare :(
Made a pretty fucking annoying discovery today! I have carpet beetles in my yarn stash!! A whole ikea bag of yarn infested!! I just threw away all my cheap cotton and acrylic yarns and have places my expensive fancy wools in the freezer where they will stay for a week. We are in the middle of preparing to move, so we are going to clean everything thoroughly the coming week anyways which is. Good idk. There weren't that many and it seems like they are in no other place, and they seemed pretty darn tired and not very healthy. So I'm not feeling too bad but >:((((( I'm mad
Nothing seemed to have been meaningfully eaten at. Which is nice
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Gonna weave in the ends, block it, and then it'll be finished!
Also I immediately started another 10 stitch Tunisian blanket rip
hey
psst
wanna see how stressed I've been lately?
i'm like almost done w my tunisian crochet 10 stitch blanket. It has been like 2 weeks. i just gotta finish this skein of purple, then add the green skein, and then do a sc border in the same white as the middle part. and then I'll have a wholeass blanket.
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Just gotta weave in the ends now!!
hey
psst
wanna see how stressed I've been lately?
i'm like almost done w my tunisian crochet 10 stitch blanket. It has been like 2 weeks. i just gotta finish this skein of purple, then add the green skein, and then do a sc border in the same white as the middle part. and then I'll have a wholeass blanket.
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Found some thread that sparked joy in th darkest corner of the yarn store today. So now I can make some green and peach patches too. And that green is a pretty perfect shade for lichen.
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This tweet tho *chefs kiss* Could not have explained it better myself (alt txt on image btw).
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Reblog to let your followers know that despite your current obsession your previous obsessions still exist and are simply lying dormant until they awaken and strike again
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hey
psst
wanna see how stressed I've been lately?
i'm like almost done w my tunisian crochet 10 stitch blanket. It has been like 2 weeks. i just gotta finish this skein of purple, then add the green skein, and then do a sc border in the same white as the middle part. and then I'll have a wholeass blanket.
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