Shawl. Unpinned, spread out and patted flat. My final size prediction was spot-on.

As you can see from the before picture - blocking lace is A Good Thing.

Now only one challenge remains. Where the heck would I wear such a thing? I'm not a shawl-wearing type person. They tend not to go with work boots, jeans, and polo shirts (my standard uniform). Which is the origin of today's title. Name for the shawl itself? "Woven Diamonds" has been suggested.

It has also been suggested that I publish a real pattern for Woven Diamonds. I've got working notes and I've already charted the stitch designs, but writing up a full pattern would be a challenge. For example, describing how to fudge the ease around the corners on the edging, or how to do the final graft - neither would be easy. Given that I wouldn't recommend this as a first lace project, I'm unsure how much previous lace experience I would have to assume any knitter would have.

Would you make such a thing? What level of detail would you need in a pattern?

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