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Thanks so much Dennis! I know what you mean—lace shawls are my absolutely favorite thing to knit! I'm working on Lyra right now and having a blast! Eric's knitting one too, and will undoubtedly finish way before mine which will hopefully motivate me to finish instead of casting on for yet another project.

Thanks Paul!

Thanks Joe! I'll have to look up that book. Thanks for the suggestion. I also read on Ravelry that a couple of people were thinking of beginning the edging from both ends and joining in the middle if they were to knit it again.

Thanks so much Kerry!

Thanks—you're too kind Bill! Actually, I've been keeping better notes in my knitting journal and this piece took me approximately 54 hours. The pattern is VERY well written (as for most of Jared's patterns) and the longest time was spent on the edging. It took 548.2 yds of worsted. I forgot to mention that the other modification I made was to the garter tab beginning. I used a 2 stitch width in stead of 3. Originally when I worked up the 3 stitch tab, it appeared too bulky when I picked up the stitches on the side.

Thanks Q! It's actually for my best friend's Mom who is sort of like my surrogate Mom. Luckily, she's 5'10".

Thanks Roger!

Thanks Mario! I blocked this one for width first which I don't usually do. Typically I'll put the top on wires, pin the point, then pin out the sides. It wasn't working for this one, because the bottom doesn't really come out to a point. Like I said, I still have a lot of learning to do with blocking. I know what you mean about Jared, I think I'm going to purchase one of his new shawl designs out of his latest ebook.

I agree, I usually block to make the pattern look best which is exactly what you've done. It's a shawl - bigger is better. I love this pattern, it has all kinds of fun stuff in it. I think I better go looking for it.