Finishing and Re-Stashing

Today seemed to be a good day for blocking...

Both Backyard Leaves and Clementine called for steam blocking so out came the blocking board and iron.

Of course we couldn't neglect our school work... or our coffee.

Before:


After:

I wanted to keep some of the shape of the leaves instead of blocking them flat.

I could've easily left out a couple of the leaf repeats as it turned out a bit longer than I would've liked but I'm still thrilled with it. I've knit a couple of scarves from this book and have more on my list. It's one of my favorites.

Backyard Leaves
Scarf Style
Karabella Aurora 8 - 4 balls - Olive
Knit Picks Options - size 7 needles

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Next up... Clementine...

Iron is set on steam and held about an inch above the garment while pins and sons hold and stretch into shape.

While it called for a steam block, I definitely think it would benefit from a more thorough wet block. This shawlette is so clearly "not me" that I felt silly even modeling it... but it will be lovely on my MIL and perfect for keeping the winter chill off her neck.

Clementine Shawlette
Interweave Knits, Spring 2007
Blue Sky Alpaca Silk - 3 hanks
Knit Picks Options - Size 4

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After carefully going through my yarn for a thorough destash, I've been able to reinvest in some new yarn.

From left to right: Fleece Artist Sea Wool in Stone, Colinette Jitterbug in Marble, Oceanwind Knits in Blu. I've heard a lot of mixed reviews on the Jitterbug... just enough to get me curious so I thought I'd give it a try for myself.

And...

Some Duet Middy in Bauer Blue. I can't even begin to tell you (nor do I have the photography skills to show you) how incredible these colors are. They are just not normal browns and blues... no, they are unique. Anyway, I got all of these from The Loopy Ewe. I think I'm an addict.

Now on with my day...



BTW - What's the best way to use Flickr with Blogger. I get very inconsistent results trying to use the Blogger Uploader (the li'l picture button) so I often end up having to use the direct html link. Thanks.