It’s finally done! I started the second Hestia in September when I visited my brother in Munich, but it has been lying around since then. A couple of weeks ago I picked it up again and knitted on it a bit between all the Sock Madness, fingerless mittens, and spinning that I was doing as well. I almost finished it, but a quick calculation showed me that I didn’t have enough yarn left for the edging, so I ripped back about forty rows and remade the charts.
In the past weekend I knitted the edging. It takes a long time to bind off in a pattern like this – 443 stitches to go, and you need to knit two rows to bind off one stitch… it’s a lot of work, but I love the result. Today I worked on the written pattern, and I’m now almost ready to have it tested!
![The yarn was bleeding quite a lot...](http://www.meilindis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DSCF9660-800x800.jpg)
![Freya needed to test the blocking mats, of course. She approved them.](http://www.meilindis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DSCF9661-800x800.jpg)
![The shawl has a wingspan of almost 2 meters!](http://www.meilindis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DSCF9665-800x800.jpg)
![I love the edging and this time I have added beads. They go quite well with the Posh glitter yarn!](http://www.meilindis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DSCF9674-800x800.jpg)
![Freya gives the cat block of approval.](http://www.meilindis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2016-05-09-15.55.25-450x800.jpg)
It has dried, and I’m very happy!
![Nice and warm!](http://www.meilindis.nl/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/DSCF9701-602x800.jpg)