it's finished! i did it! yay! you can see it in all it's baby-blue blocking glory.... who knew that blocking makes all the difference (or that it even existed, truth to be told - thank god for the internet! =). i'm rather pleased with how it turned out...

although i did screw up the tufted edge somehow - things just didn't line up, no matter how hard i tried and i didn't want to frog waaaaay back. the error must've been made fairly early in the piece, because i counted stitches and rows and everything (one night i even gave in and made myself some stitch markers) and the pattern lined up beautifully, only the last few rows were uncooperative. ah well.



maybe i'll add a crochet edge to make it a little bigger, although i have no idea what kind of stitch would be good for that. i'll figure something out... i'm thinking maybe i'll add the edge in a different yarn, something very lightweight and "hairy", if you know what i mean.... ideas, anyone?