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May 10, 2008
In which I apologize to some yarn
Dear Flower Basket Shawl,
I started you with high hopes back in June 2005, and then promptly got mad and stuck you in a drawer. You were just too much for me back then. I've been taking you in and out of the drawer twice a year or so and been giving you dirty looks.
Last month I decided to finish you off (which involved frogging you completely.) I started again and decided almost immediately that you were way too easy for me and, thus, you were very boring. I also didn't like the yarn I'd picked for you. It looked all mottled and gross, like leaf mold. What on earth was I going to wear with a shawl the color of decayed vegetation?
I've been cursing you bitterly for the last three weeks, but I plugged away and finished, even though I was convinced that you were boring, the wrong color, and way too small.
Then (wait for it, Grace) I blocked you. All afternoon yesterday I stared at your surprisingly elegant form on my living room rug and thought that you looked rather nice. The mottled yarn that I'd disliked so much all of a sudden seemed much less offensive, but still I thought, "Oh, it just looks less blotchy because it's wet."
Then I woke up this morning and you'd mellowed to a beautiful rust color and you didn't look like yucky leaf mold at all, but a beautiful, subtle pile of autumn leaves. With suspicion still in my heart, I unpinned you. And you were FABULOUS! The not-really-all-that soft yarn became pleasant to the touch, and instead of a globby lump, you were lithe and pliant. I put you around my shoulders, and you were not too small at all. In fact, you were the perfect size and shape. You rock, Flower Basket Shawl. I'm so sorry I maligned you.
I still don't have a darned thing to wear with you, but that's not your fault.
Comments
gorgeous! I see this with a basic black (long) dress. . . . With your hair: stunning!
Posted by: prophet at May 11, 2008 7:55 AM
Awww I love a happy ending
Posted by: SweetP at May 11, 2008 4:25 PM
Aww I like a happy ending
Posted by: SweetP at May 11, 2008 4:32 PM
Ooo lovely work dear.
Posted by: Lissa at May 11, 2008 9:19 PM
June 2005 was an awfully long time ago and a long ways away. I'm glad you finally finished your shawl.
Posted by: Bob at May 11, 2008 11:05 PM
The other day, I tried to leave you a comment about this loverly shawl and your blog hated me for it and barred me entry, apparently.
I think it is beautiful. You should get Nathan to take you out somewhere fancy where you can showcase the shawl.
And blocking is magic. ;-)
Posted by: grace at May 15, 2008 12:06 PM