The large spider in the middle of the center panel is my absolute favorite part of the piece. It looks like an optical illusion. It took a lot of pulling and manually moving the curves in place to get it right, but it was worth it. I love how open the stitches are, since I used a half-stitch. It turned out perfect!

I think I talked about it before, but it is worth mentioning again. I used a pool noodle to roll the finished length of lace. If you remember the plastic grocery bag sampler I did before embarking on this project, I folded the lace while transporting it. No matter how long I left the lace out flat to “relax” those creases never went away. Thankfully, I learned from that mistake, and used a noodle instead of folds.

The image below is after weaving in the ends and removing all the pins/pegs. I cannot wait to see the full length, but I need to find a place to do this. I don’t have a 20 foot space in my own house to lay it flat.