I proudly present.

My first finished lace project. My first real lace blocking. My first provisional cast on. My love. (Do you hear the violins too?)

The Olympic Þórdís/Thordis:

She went out for a walk (as usual you can click on the pictures to see larger ones)

But it was so windy she almost blew into the ocean and so snowy that she got wet and cold. So she had to stay indoors and just look out the window instead. 

 

And I can’t stop, I think she’s pretty.

Pattern: Þórdísarhyrna from the book Þríhyrnur og Langsjöl (Thordisarhyrna, Three-cornered and long shawls)

Needles: 3.5mm circular

Size before blocking: 114 cm x 54 cm (~ 45 x 21 inches)

After blocking: 155 cm x 75 cm (~ 61 x 30 inches)

Approximately 38.600 stitches knitted in 160 rows (or maybe closer to a million or so if I count all the times I had to rip out and reknit to fix all my mistakes).

Some of the things I’ve learnt:

- I can.

- I love lace knitting.

- Never ever ever do this much knitting in this short time again unless I have a week of health spa lined up right afterwards.

- That no matter how well I read the pattern and the charts I will make endless mistakes, some of which will drive me crazy. That‘s ok, I can fix them, after I’ve cursed and threatened to throw all my yarn and needles in the ocean and to never knit another stitch.

- That there is a whole word of lace knitting out there just waiting for me to come and explore.

And so much more. Thank you Þórdís (insert violins again).

I truly enjoyed participating in the Knitting Olympics. It made me stretch further than I have before and was an intellectual and physical challenge to my abilities. To me it was all about the process, but that said I am really happy that I made it to the finish line! Physically exhausted and mentally ecstatic. Thank you.

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