Knitting@roosterhillfarm.com » knitty.com http://knitting.roosterhillfarm.com or what I do when I am not working or farming ... Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:22:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Lace Blocking Virgin http://knitting.roosterhillfarm.com/2009/12/lace-blocking-virgin.php http://knitting.roosterhillfarm.com/2009/12/lace-blocking-virgin.php#comments Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:15:21 +0000 mobarger http://knitting.roosterhillfarm.com/?p=374 Blocking Kernel
I’ve already told you my approach for doing lace. Well I finally finished my first lace piece, and it’s now blocking.

Blocking Kernel
I purchased lace blocking wires from KnitPicks last month, and while simple in concept, I’ve never used anything like them before and I am not sure if I inserted them the best way.

Blocking Kernel
The Kernel scarf has an edging of 3 knit stitches on each side. I used this edge to hold the wires. The scarf is longer than a single wire, so I had to use 2 on each side.

Blocking Kernel
The ends have slight points, but I didn’t take pictures of them. I inserted a pin in each point to pull it down and exaggerate it.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the finished pictures!

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Simply Trekking Socks, pattern by MimKnits, Yarn Trekking 126. These were my travel socks, no pattern to read really except for the cuff.


Pomatomus, by CookieA at knitty.com. Yran, Cider Moon Glacier in June Carter. This was my hard core must concentrate and count sock.

To celebrate I bought more sock yarn.

From the Loopy Ewe, I bought some of the new CTH sock yarn in Birches, 3 skeins of Claudia Handpainted Short Sports in “Oops,” and a skein of Zen String Fingering Yarn in Ben.

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