{"id":13292,"date":"2014-07-19T16:51:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T14:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=13292"},"modified":"2017-03-21T09:27:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T08:27:52","slug":"dreambird-shawl-finishing-touches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/13292","title":{"rendered":"Dreambird Shawl Finishing Touches"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of this morning my Dreambird<\/a> is officially finished. Well, almost\u2026 it\u2019s all over but the drying.\u00a0 I had to put off blocking it a little longer than I expected as we had people over and a lack of space to spread it out, but today I finally got it out on the blocking mats!<\/p>\n

I was totally over the moon with the finished product, even before blocking.\u00a0 Have a look:<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a><\/p>\n

Gah, so gorgeous!!<\/p>\n

Yarn info:
\nScheepjes Invicta Colour<\/a> (color 959)
\nScheepjes Invicta Extra<\/a> (color 1401)<\/p>\n

After taking the above photo I decided that the neck edge was a little too jagged for me, so I decided to do a small edge of garter stitch along the neck to even it out.\u00a0 It took me a few tries to get it the way I wanted it because I didn\u2019t want to put a thick edge on the side of the feather, but I definitely think it was worth the effort, it really finished it off nicely.<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a><\/p>\n

The edge still looks slightly jagged in the photo, but that was also before blocking. You can see in the photo below that it smoothed out nicely once it was soaked and blocked.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, my phone had to go in for repairs (BOO!), and since I was too warm and lazy to drag out my DSLR my blocking photo is less than stellar.\u00a0 I never realized how awkward it is to hold a tablet to take a photo.\u00a0 It really makes me question the logic of all those people I see on holiday taking photos with ipads.<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a><\/p>\n

The photo was Instagrammed to death but you can still get an idea of how it looks finished off.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve decided to hunt for a neutral colored set of foam mats (not the blocking mats, they are just too darn expensive) but some sort of play mats that don\u2019t have the numbers.\u00a0 I\u2019d like a neutral background for blocking photos.\u00a0 Although, I suppose I could put down a sheet or something but I need new ones\u2026 because reasons!<\/p>\n

One thing a lot of people have been asking about on the knitting groups on Facebook, is what does the Dreambird look like from the back, how do the color changes line up and how visible are the double stitches.\u00a0 I decided to take some photos to show what mine looks like from the back (again, pre blocking) in case anyone out there is interested.<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a><\/p>\n

This is what the back of mine looks like.\u00a0 Obviously it\u2019s not as neat as the front as you get the mix of colors where you switch from your main color to the color for the feathers.\u00a0 Also, on the neck end you can see the color switches, which you can better see in the photo below. \u00a0The double stitches are visible if you look closely but I knew from previous projects that they also work themselves out a bit during the blocking process. \u00a0Plus, I think no matter what you do when it comes to short rows, the double stitch will always be visible if you look hard enough for it. \u00a0The key is to be sensible and realize that not everyone is going to look as closely as you are or know\u00a0where<\/em> to look like you do.<\/p>\n

\"Autumn<\/a><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure how it worked out for others, but when switching from the pattern color to the main color, it went smoothly.\u00a0 Not so much when switching back, though.\u00a0 You can see the lifts where the colored yarn is carried up a few rows when you are starting the next feather.\u00a0 There was probably a way to work around this but I wasn\u2019t really that bothered as I have no plans on wearing the shawl inside out.\u00a0 It\u2019s not like anyone is going to see it, right?<\/p>\n

Anyway, this has been such a great project.\u00a0 When it\u2019s dry I will get some proper photos of the finished product.\u00a0 I have a model now, and her name is Susan Lucci<\/a>.\u00a0 I recently marathon watched my way through both seasons of Devious Maids<\/a> and couldn\u2019t think of a more suitable name for my new diva model.\u00a0 Here she is on the way home with me the day I picked her up:<\/p>\n

\"Susan<\/a><\/p>\n

We are still getting acquainted but having her around should make getting project photos a LOT easier!\u00a0 I don\u2019t always feel like being in the photos myself but it\u2019s still nice to see how things drape when being worn.<\/p>\n

I already have the yarn for my next Dreambird project. \u00a0I was commissioned to make it using two different color changing yarns, so not only does the color of the leaves change but also the background. \u00a0 Someone had a vision and I’m going to try to bring it to life. It should be really cool! \u00a0I’m so eager to get started… I will be back soon with more photos of this one and an update on the second one when I get started!<\/p>\n

If you are interested in trying this project, you can find the pattern here on Ravelry<\/a>!<\/p>\n

This Dreambird\u00a0is made with Sheepjes Invicta Colour \/ Invicta Extra\u00a0yarn. \u00a0You can find a list of retailers that sell it\u00a0here on the Scheepjes website<\/a>. \u00a0It is also available worldwide Wool Warehouse<\/a>*.<\/p>\n

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As of this morning my Dreambird is officially finished. Well, almost\u2026 it\u2019s all over but the drying.\u00a0 I had to put off blocking it a little longer than I expected as we had people over and a lack of space to spread it out, but today I finally got it out on the blocking mats! …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[807,802,803,82,801,827,529],"class_list":["post-13292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-crafty-creations","tag-dreambird","tag-invicta-colour","tag-invicta-extra","tag-knitting","tag-scheepjes","tag-susan-lucci","tag-work-in-progress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13292"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16231,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13292\/revisions\/16231"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}