I happily cast on for the Show Your Colors/Lavalette shawl a few weeks ago.
When I got to the lace section, things took a turn for the worse. I mean, this is the simplest of lace patterns, but I had to rip out the lace section three time before I could get it to work. If this hadn’t been a gift, I might have just let it go at the second try.
Now it’s going slowly but surely. 
Lace, even the simplest of lace, is always a humbling experience for me. It looks lovely though! Keep up the good work!
It is beautiful. Such a beautiful shade of pink! Lace is so rewarding…once it is finished!
any lace shawl that’s preceded by “simple” stockinette is usually a disaster for me. i think it’s because i have to count. i don’t count.