Flared Lace Smoke Ring

Here is the first picture of my smoke ring for my mom. She bought the pattern and yarn at knit Picks and sent it to me. I waited two months and then it finally came. I wasn't quite sure at first if I was knitting to gauge because it doesn't look at all like the picture but sure enough, after knitting a small gauge piece I'm right on. So, I'm still knitting. Can you believe I'm on the 8th row!!?? This will take a bit, it's slow knitting for me. I really like the result anyway.