My first lace

I cast on Branching Out this morning. It took me nearly an hour and a half to do 15 rows! I only had to pull it out twice with only a minimum of swearing. I think it looks quite a bit like it should. Sorry for the small-ish picture.


I'm doing it in Knitpick's Shadow, in Vineyard colorway. I'm double stranding it so it has a bit more substance.

I have to say, I felt kind of bad stabbing the yarn with pushpins to see how it would look blocked. Does yarn feel pain? Does blocking hurt? It seems like some medieval torturing device, The Rack for yarn lol.