This shows how badly blocking is needed. I do have to say that the cast-off was a bit strange to me, but I did it anything, thinking it would come out okay in the end. I am not so sure. It is a crocheted bind off--chain 7, chain 3 stitches together. It makes a more or less scalloped edging but rather strange without blocking.
We do not have a round table at the apartment so I went over to the church because I was sure I had seen some round tables. This is a small round table, which is smaller than the cloth is meant for, and you can CLEARLY see the need for blocking in this picture. As I am typing I am thinking that possibly I can do a semi-blocking. There are sixteen tail feathers. I have at least that many pins so maybe I will give it a try.
Here is the tablecloth on a rectangular table which shows the lace to better advantage but still not right. It gave me joy to knit this up and if it gets blocked to attractiveness, I will be even happier.
UPDATE: Just as I was getting ready for bed the thought came to me that perhaps I could block the tail after all. This is how it looks after wetting the cloth, spinning dry in the washer and pinning to the carpet.
Hopefully it will dry in a pretty situation!
