What Would Elizabeth Zimmerman Do?

The Baltic Sea stole is finished. I blocked it this evening so it will be ready to have its picture taken tomorrow. Blocking lace is very gratifying. It goes from looking like a used tissue to looking like, well, lace. It's the perfect time to do the "modest but triumphant jig" that Ms. Zimmerman recommends. The problem with lace, however, is that it can be difficult to spot a mistake until it's blocked, when it (the error) becomes glaringly obvious, like this:

I suppose I could pretend that it's intentional, in the spirit of the "humility block" that everyone but the Amish seems to think was included in Amish quilts so the quilt wouldn't be perfect, or I could just admit that it's a mistake and then dance a modest but triumphant jig because, mistakes and all, I love this wrap. It's the Faux Russian Stole by Kate Nagorney and  Ann Swanson from "A Gathering of Lace"  knit from Ellen Cooper's Yarn Sonnets Fine Merino.

These pictures don't really capture the color accurately. Its a beautiful dark teal green. I'll take more pictures of it tomorrow when I'm photographing the Baltic Sea stole.