Thats some tricky stuff.

Have you ever tried to photograph a triangle shawl in progress? Could you get it to look like something other than a pile of yarn barf without taking it off the needles? Not me.

Here are the best of the beauty shots of the garter stitch shawl from yesterday. Consider them the before shots like one of those extreme makeover style tv shows. Eventually the thing will be free of the needles, blocked and hopefully far more attractive than the puddle of yarn you will now witness.

See? Thats totally a puddle of yarn. I can't even tell what that is and I was the one who took the photo. All bow before my superior photographic abilities!

Oh, now check this next one out. You can almost tell that its knitting. Yep, and see? there are some random yarn overs that make it look all fancy on the edge there. That's good stuff. Yes, I think I am almost seeing knitting here.
And finally, we have the more distant blob shot. Still looks like a puddle of yarn in a sea of mustard. The extreme blocking glamour shots will be available just in time for May sweeps. Gotta keep the ratings up. Otherwise we might get canceled. That would be tragic.

The Eternal Question.

Why is it so darn satisfying to stick pins in a Princess's face?

I think I enjoyed it just a little too much. I might feel a bit guilty pinning things to Spiderman, but when the time comes to block some massive lace I think I'll get over it :)

I finally got off my duff and soaked and blocked the long edge border of the Lacy Hug Me Tight. Barring unforeseen circumstances or blocking tragedies, I'm going to be sewing this little lady up tomorrow afternoon and ticking off another finished object for 2009. Yee Haw!