Stick a Fork in it. The Pie is done.

Crocosmia Pie is officially off the needles and blocked. It’s lush. I’m so in love with this shawl.

I finished the knitting on February 2nd and blocked it straight away. I couldn’t wait. Unblocked, it measured 46 inches (or 117cm) across.

And it looked like a giant round cake of ramen.

I used my Inspinknity blocking wires to do the job. I heard about the from The Knitgirllls podcast, and they looked like nice wires so I gave them a try. I love them. They are brilliant. I have one of the standard fingering weight sets and had no problems blocking out my shawl. I ended up using all of my 36” wires plus one 24” wires to block out this shawl, which means even with a shawl of 67 inches (170 cm) in diameter whilst blocking, I still had more than enough wires to go around.

The only thing I lacked was enough T-pins, though pins can be easily had. I do think I’ll probably break down and buy a set of Inspinknity super long blocking wires at some point since they’ll make the job of blocking large shawls even easier. After using this set, I’m more than happy to buy the addition set to expand the possibilities. I’m a very happy customer.

The thing I like best is there are no bulky tube to store since everything fits nicely into a grip-loc bag, which fits nicely on my desk-side shelf.

Since I love seeing the evolution of a project, I’m going to give a brief recap. It started out as two innocent braids of fibre from the Wildcraft November 2010 club shipment. Crocosmia colourway dyed onto an oatmeal BFL/silk blend.

Which became my travelling/guild project on my Louet Victoria. 2,000 metres of handspun laceweight singles.

Which became a 64 inch (160cm) in diameter Pi shawl.

I adore this shawl. It is soft and lush, warm and light, and big and snuggly. I’m so pleased with the end results.

The details:

Cast on: December 25th, 2011
Cast off: February 2nd, 2012
Pattern: Pi Shawl by Elizabeth Zimmermann in the Knitter’s Almanac; Concentric eyelet version.
Fibre: Wildcraft Nov 2010 club fibre, BFL/silk, Crocosmia colourway, 200g
Yarn: Handspun laceweight singles, 2000m
Needles: 3.5mm Addi Lace Clicks
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