Marled Dotted Rays Shawl

I've been working on this shawl for what seems like forever (it wasn't forever). On Sunday morning I made it to the bind-off. The pattern is Dotted Rays from Stephen West. I knit it using two strands of fingering held together (more info on the yarn at the bottom of the post). This meant it knit up pretty quickly on size 8 needles. I also blended the colors together like in the Marled Magic Shawl. 

During the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild meeting I continued working on the bind off. I was pretty pleased when I made it to the end of the stitches before the end of the meeting. I wove in my last end before stuffing it in the bag to head home. 

Here it is pre-blocking. Kind of a lumpy, pretty thing.

It was big, but didn't seem that big. Then I washed it and sat down with my blocking wires. 

I love how blocking opens up the fabric. Really great with this pattern so those double yarn-over holes open up. 

By the time I get home from work on Monday it should be dry and I can add it to my pile of finished knit projects. Now I have to decide what to do next.

Yarn: Fingering weight yarn call Sock Hop from Dancing Leaf Farm. You can learn more about them from my post after the 2017 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. 


Tools (affiliate links)
Blocking mats: Balance From Puzzle Exercise Mat with EVA Foam Interlocking Tiles
Blocking wires: Knit Picks Lace Blocking Wires & T-Pins
Knit blockers: Knitter's Pride Knit Blockers & Pin Kit