Bubbles - Circular Shawl

While I remember and before I completely immerse myself in my upcoming Easter Hols . . . the finished 'Bubbles' circular shawl.  This is an old 1950's baby shawl pattern which was great fun to knit and very absorbing (which I'm sure my family will testify to!) - it took a month to complete . . . . 

I did block the finished shawl although it's made in acrylic yarn which seemingly doesn't respond to blocking but I thought I should follow the pattern instructions anyway which was to wrap the finished shawl in a damp towel, then stretch out and pin flat to dry . . . .

I pinned it out on one of  the boys old duvet covers ( which helpfully has a square grid on it!) placed on top of the carpet in my eldest's bedroom before he came home for his Easter break (it was the only piece of  spare floor big enough in the house!).  I don't think it did any harm to block it - maybe it opened the pattern a little bit but not really very much!  It was a good experiment anyway :)

It's difficult to show the shawl in it's true beauty!, but here are some more pics anyway . . .

Sorry, my photos are dreadful!  It does have a lovely drape to it though - I knitted in 3 ply Baby yarn (Colemans Comfort I think!) on 5 mm needles.  The recommended needle size for the yarn is 3.25 mm needles so it's a good illustration how you need a considerably larger needle for knitting lace, certainly in this case.

You can see my project notes on my Ravelry page for more info and maybe even some better photos (I've no idea where I've put them now -oooops!).

Have a lovely Easter, whatever your plans are - I'm off to enjoy my week off, maybe finish that second sock - we'll see :)

Alison x