And here it is!This is the Lady’s Circular Cape from Victorian Lace Today, finally finished and blocked.

I blocked this a bit too hard at the time, and later was disappointed that it came out so flat. The illustration in the book showed the finished shawl having some ripples in the main body of it and since I’d used the specified yarn, I wanted the same effect.

I spritzed it down with water and left it in mound to dry. I did that again, letting it relax into the shape it wanted to take, and think that this is a happy compromise between blocked and not.

This was the first pattern from VLT in which I ran out of yarn, despite using the specified yarn and having the specified quantity.

I’m thinking of adding a line of crocheted chain stitch around the collar. It seems a bit fragile to me there, given the fullness and weight of the shawl. I think that if I did it in the same yarn and chose the location well, it would never show and it would ensure there was no damage in wear. I’m probably over-engineering it, but I would like to wear it with a pin at the neck (which is comparatively heavy) and also the neck is a bit bigger than expected. Got to think a bit on that.