This is the first time I've blocked lace knitting.
I thought I'd be timid and slightly terrified but the brutality of it kind of ... thrilled me.
Next time, however, I'm investing in a set of blocking wires.
It should be in your hot little hands next week, Tracey.
21 comments:
It looks gorgeous.I do ohpe you will post a pic when its done!!!
So beautiful... sadly I am a heathen who believes God invented shops so I didn't have to sew/knit/do lacework. (Or perhaps he invented YOU so I wouldn't have to?).
:-)
BB
PS Gorgeous photos...
I'm all giggly with delight...
That is exquisite ! So delicate in that rich , glowing blackberry .
Looks stunning - love the colour.
I don't know what block lace knitting is. It looks very very hard. And delicate. And something requiring infinite patience and deft hand.
Next!
Oh !
Sigh!
How about a daughter AND a son?
So very lovely... will be curious how you find the blocking wires. I have been thinking of trying them as well, after the last few rounds of basting and pinning.
So very lovely... will be curious how you find the blocking wires. I have been thinking of trying them as well, after the last few rounds of basting and pinning.
Isn't blocking lace the most satisfying thing?! Blocking wires are a worthwhile investment. You will wonder how you blocked this shawl without them.
It looks amazing - get the blocking wires - they will change your life. I bought mine from the Knittery (which isn't in operation any more - I think).
It's gorgeous! Is that someone's bed. Make sure you retrieve all the pins. I've impaled several people using that blocking method.
Gorgeous colour and I love the sheen on that yarn. Lucky Tracy! And the quilt that's heading your way looks pretty wonderful as well. Good going, you two!
Oh, it looks so beautiful!
Much less smooshy :P
Oh, it looks so beautiful!
Much less smooshy :P
Ah blocking! So that is why my first attempt at knitting a scarf has gone curly. What do you block on to?
It looks lovelylovelylovely but discouragingly (for me) I didn't wholly understand that post. Blocking? Blocking wire (was that what you said?)?
I love the colour and the laciness and the pinning to the beadspread.
Especially the shiny silver pin between the two pink ones.
Gorgeous colour! Hope we see pics, once it is gifted.
Loving your new camera work. And let me know if you want me to lend you Sooz's blocking wires- I can bring them to craft weekend and you can babysit them until next year.
Beautiful work - congratulations on its completion.
Stainless steel TIG wires (normally used for welding) make excellent blocking wires - and are much less expensive.
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