Olympic Gold Medal Ceremony

Welcome to the Gold Medal Ceremony for the event of 'Lace Weight Long Jump'. It has been a tough and gruelling event, with many surprises along the way. There have been tears of disappointment and jubilation, but in the end, there can only be one victor.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you:

The WINNER
of the Lace Weight Long Jump
with a Jump of 1.88m
Representing TEAM OZ

STEFFI!

[rapturous applause]

Pattern: Faux Russian Stole

Designer: Katie Nagorney and Ann Swanson
Source: A Gathering of Lace
Measurements: 55cm x 188cm
Needles: 3.25mm Knitpicks Harmony 60cm circulars (ooh, how I love them)
Yarn Details:

• Rowan Rowanspun 4ply
• 100% pure new wool
• 25gr = 148m
• colour #728
• slightly over 150gr used

I thought that this goal might be a little too much to finish in such a short time, but it went surprisingly quickly and it was a rather enjoyable pattern. I'm glad that I've finally made this, as it has been in the queue (the loooong queue) for many a month already.

The lace pattern is easy to follow and I would probably call this an advanced-beginner level shawl. The trickiest part was probably picking up the stitches from the bottom border, but after that it was all smooth sailing.

Congratulations to all of my fellow Gold Medal Winners!