I just finished blocking this shawl, but still need to weave in the ends. I’m trying to decide whether to give it away or keep it! Here it is:Wow. That shot is even out of focus! A new low in my photographic efforts!

It’s the fichu of the Spiders’ Web Shawls from Jane Sowerby’s VICTORIAN LACE TODAY. I used a skein of handpainted sock yarn – the pictures don’t do the colours justice. It looks purple from a distance, but up close has many different (and unexpected) shades in it. The gold beads aren’t showing up too well in the photos either – they’re on every second row, right above the YO holes.

Essentially, I knit until the yarn was almost gone (the skein was about 400m) then did a quickie edging. Theoretically, these are half circle shawls – well, half hexagon – but in reality, they always want to block to be more than half of a circle. This is a nice size, though – it hangs just to the elbows.

Here’s a detail shot:This one shows the colours better, but not the beads.

So, what do you think? Should I keep it (remember that I already have two Spiders’ Web shawls, but in different yarns – one in Noro sock yarn and a bigger one in Fleece Artist yarns) or give it away?