LATE BREAKING UPDATE:  CHART FOR VARIANT SHOWN BELOW IS NOW AVAILABLE IN THE KNITTING PATTERNS SECTION OF STRING, ABOVE.

It’s finished.  Not blocked, but done.

I can’t block it here – there’s no place for me to pin it out, the floors being marble and the beds being too small.  I had a lot of fun with this, both working from the original MMarioKnits design, and adding in the center mermaid, from the Renaissance graph that descended to MMario, via his Victorian era source.

Finished pre-block dimension:  approximately 90 inches x 22.5 inches (228.6cm x 57.2cm).  With very little coaxing this will block out to at least 100 inches x 25 inches.

I can’t give an approximation of yarn consumption.  I worked from a cone of Valley Yarns 8/2 Tencel.  I have more than half the cone left, although I don’t have a scale to weigh it to confirm the quantity.  I enjoyed the yarn – it was smooth, evenly spun, shiny and well behaved throughout. It never kinked or came off the cone in tangles.  Although most people use it for weaving, I’d recommend it highly for lace knitting, for its lush, silk like luster; its handling, and finished fabric texture; and for its excellent value.  I’d buy it again, for sure.

I’m not sure what’s next.  I saw extremely little interest in my offer to graph up and possibly re-knit the doodle scarf.  That’s a lot of work, so I will probably skip it unless there’s an outcry of desire.

I may play more with this style of filet knitting, mess with something from one of the lace books I brought with me. I may take a side trip into filet crochet, do some stitching – or I may do something else entirely.  The possibilities are endless.  Or at least as deep as my box of refugee’s needlework supplies. Stay tuned!