My Abydos is now down to my hips. I'm done with the length. I've done the edging on the neck and 1 arm hole; not sure if I'll do the other arm hole before going to bed, or if I'll leave it for tomorrow. After that, I'll just have to weave in the ends and block it.
I'm a little nervous about blocking, having never blocked anything before. Not exactly sure how I'll go about doing it. I had looked into that a while back, and decided that I'd pin the piece to be blocked to a towel on my bed and spray it with water; but now I'm not sure about that. I don't want to give my bed any chance to grow mold. Ick. Maybe if I use 2 towels, the bed won't actually get wet? :-/
Hey readers, any preferred blocking methods?
Got to correspond with some friends today on Ravelry. It was fun. :) Also, my Abydos-in-progress has been marked as a favorite by 2 people! I feel so flattered.
A friend (and bridesmaid) of mine has just returned from a long stay in Israel. Very, very happy she's home (although now she is thinking about moving, but not as far away as Israel, thank goodness!). ;)
Maybe tomorrow I will start working on that Sweetie Pie cami during my lunch break. The pattern calls for an E hook--knowing me, that means a G. Seriously, I think I could only ever use an E hook for fingering weight yarn. I don't ever feel like I'm crocheting that tightly, but I guess that's what I do. *shrug*
I am dying to start using that Bernat Cool Crochet yarn--the Amethyst colorway is so pretty!
2 comments:
Don't worry too much about blocking. I've only blocked lace shawls out of fingering yarn yet and what I used to prevent the bed from getting wet was a thick cotton blanket, on which I pinned the shawls out. Everything's fine so far. Just remember to use rustproof pins!
I bought a cheap board for cutting patterns out at Joann-cardboard, but it folds up nicely. I also bought clear contact paper to put over it and block on that and it works out well.
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