C’est Fini: Icarus
I finished the Icarus shawl today.
Here is a close up of it. I’ll bask in the glory of completion for a little while, before a good bout of Post Project Depression settles in. This is my first big lace project from a chart, it’s the first shawl I’ve ever knit from my own yarn, it’s the largest shawl I’ve ever knit, and it’s the only top down expanding from the middle triangle shawl I’ve ever knit. I deserve to bask in at least a little glory.I am so wearing this next time I go to the grocery store. I’m wearing it to the library. It’s big and it’s soft and it’s mine and I made it.
(This picture is the shawl length wise on my bed.)
Matt was kind enough to watch me cast off the last stitch and weave in the ends. He even gave me a patronizing kind of quiet golf clap. I honestly don’t think I’m getting enough attention from him to actually bask properly.
Maybe it’s the Post Project Depression setting in already.
Tres magnifique! Bask in the glory and revel in the finished project. Then you need to cast on for the next one before the dreaded PPD sets in.
wendy it’s beautiful! cast on right away for something new !
Oh, wonderful! Just lovely! Bask as much as you like. My Icarus was the first project I’d ever made with my own handspun. I made DH take 6456244 pictures in the yard while I pranced around. I think you should make Matt do that too.
Your shawl is lovely! I’m starting an Icarus tonight, and yours is pure inspiration!