blocking is magic
I’m spending a chunk of this week blocking the first four shawls of 2014. I’ve talked before about how blocking is the step my knitting projects get “stuck” on even though it might be my favorite part of knitting lace.
I think blocking is magic. It opens up and evens out your stitches. It makes your fabric lighter, airier, and look more delicate.
So I block even simple stockinette shawls. I don’t know if you can see the difference in this photo, but you can certainly feel the difference between the fabric of these two shawls.
FO: Izar
Twisting, turning, lacy cables galore.
The pattern for Izar is available, over on the Verdant Gryphon’s site!
Three skeins of Eidos a fingering/sock yarn in two colors, or one if that’s more your thing, a set of US 5 (3.75mm) needles, the pattern, and you’re set to go.
It feels like this pattern has been in the works forever, getting held up by one thing after another, it feels great(!) knowing it’s available!
Pattern: Izar
Yarn: The Verdant Gryphon, Eidos 100% superwash merino. Colorways: “Fenris″ (MC) & “Blinding Polyphemus” (CC)
Yardage: 3 skeins; two main color, 1 contrast color
Fiber Source: The Verdant Gryphon
Needles: 3.75 mm (US 5s) 40″ circulars
Come over get your pattern, plus some scrumptious yarn!
Why do you knit?
Why do you knit ?
I knit because it’s magic.
It’s transformation. Turning one thing into another. String into stitches, stitches into fabric, and fabric into a picture.
Why do you write?
I write because it’s magic.
Stringing words into phrases, that communicate ideas, that you can then read, and understand. Linking my brain to yours, using your eyes, my fingers, some pixels, and words as many words as we can get our hands on.
Why do you dream?
I dream because dreams are where acts of magic are born.
Why do you dream?
