Paisley lace shawl

In August of 2005, I started an ambitious project. Jeannie and I both bought Zephyr laceweight wool-silk yarn from Jaegerspun (sp?) in "deep purple", and we both started knitting the paisley lace shawl from Interweave Knits spring 05 issue. It looked like a good, but challenging, first big lace project. Little did I know that it would take me until January 07!!!! to finish it. Now obviously, that's not all I've knit since then, and I have taken several full months off and I mostly only knit it on Saturday mornings when I did knit it, so I don't feel too bad. But seriously, almost a YEAR AND A HALF!!! Anyway, let's take a look at the finished product (which, by the way, I have no idea how to wear).

Before blocking:

Being blocked. The color is somewhere between this:

And this:

Closeup of the paisleys and eyelets:

Closeup of the very messed up center that I was too impatient to do perfectly:

Now I just need ideas on how to wear it effectively. From now on I think I will just stick to socks, hats, mittens, and large-guage sweaters. I love lace, but not that much. I immediately started Pomatomus socks in Cherry Tree Hill yarn - it's kind of greenish blueish. Very pretty.