I made this as a gift/request for my best friend Marcie. The pattern is by Gudrun Johnston, better known as the Shetland Trader. This is one mountain of a pattern. Definitely not for the faint hearted first-timer. She makes amazing things, but sheesh. Good Lord. I didn't think I was going to make it out of this one alive. This is my 4th lace project ever. It was like Mt. Everest to me. I will be honest and say that I made more trips to the “frog pond” (as Julie says) than I can count. And if it wasn’t for Marcie, for whom I would donate a kidney, I probably would never attempt it and never will again. It is flawed, but I am proud of it. It’s mine. And I am proud. And I had better get a pretty big reward. She promised.
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