Snap!

That's the sound my finished MSA2 shawl made when I wrapped it around my shoulders and tugged gently to find out how long the ends were jjust after finishing the shawl. Ack!

Where did that snap come from? The top of the central triangle has a bound-off edge. I bound off as loose as I could using a double knit edging and larger needles. Sigh, but obviously that wasn't loose enough!

What did I do to fix this problem? I quickly grabbed my knitting needle and picked up the stitches I could find, then I started to unravel the top bound-off edge, picking up stitches as I went along. This took me quite a while, with much glaring and mumbling about cobweb lace weight yarn and bound-off edges. The breakage occurred in the center of the shawl, so one side of the shawl was much easier to unravel than the other. After picking up all the stitches I planned to pick up, I used one of my favorite crochet hooks, my G (F is my other favorite), and started a crochet bound off edging that was loose. And I MEAN LOOSE!

So, will I have a problem when I block the shawl? Not sure, but I will find out this weekend and the results will be posted . . . no matter what.