Today’s Lesson
You know how all the instructions in every knitting book ever strongly encourage you to block your swatches? Yeah. I’m here to remind you of the same thing. This time with a demonstration. You see,...
View ArticleBlocked
One morning next month I will wake up, collect a large box of knitting and props, and head off to do the photo shoot for KCC2. This is both exciting (because holy wow is seeing all the pictures fun)...
View ArticleWhy Yes, I am Rather Exacting
I explained last time how I deeply truly love flared cuffs. They fit beautifully, make my hands look all pretty and girly, and are ridiculously convenient. The only thing they have against them is...
View ArticleOn the Value of Following Instructions
You know how that last instruction in most every pattern is something to do with blocking? And you know how you may occasionally want to blatantly ignore that instruction? Mmmm, yes. Next time...
View ArticlePin Me Down
So let’s talk about blocking. You know those stitches that just, by their nature, don’t want to lie flat? The ones that have a bit of ripple and curve to them? Yeah. There are a few ways you can go...
View ArticleThe Proper Tools (with Eucalan Giveaway)
This Friday and Saturday, I’ll be off clambering over buildings, perching innocent friends on precarious railings, and spending way too much time lint rollering other people. In other words, it’s the...
View ArticlePut a pin in it
Please do not suggest that I have been lazy with my blocking. I may laugh manically and chase after you with a t-pin. Oh, and pro tip, the snow will re-wet your knitting, so be a smart kid and be sure...
View ArticleTruth in Advertising
This is for everyone who writes to me and says their knitting isn’t as pretty as mine. I’ll let you in on a little secret. Mine isn’t either. Or rather, the knitting when it falls off the needles...
View ArticleI do, and you should too
To everyone who says ‘mine doesn’t look like yours,’ I have a confession. Mine doesn’t look like mine either until it’s blocked. Shall I show you? See how one of those is all lovely and flow-y and...
View ArticleVariations on a theme
You know how I’ve been telling you to block your knits? And showing you how much of a difference it makes? And perhaps you recall that the project I knit most recently was a bit willful when it was on...
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