I soaked Kiri in cool water in the sink for 30 minutes, rolled it in a towel to remove the excess moisture then, with Dave's help, pinned it to my modular foam square blocking system. It's huge. No matter how many times I block lace I'm amazed every time.
Here is a modified Nantasket that I knitted while I was in Memphis. Sadly I did not run into any fellow knitters. I think everyone was at Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. The basket is on a large coffee can for scale. The plan is to felt it tomorrow while washing towels. I also have a little yellow coaster for my belated April Project Spectrum item. At least I knitted it in April.
I feel like the drought is over, well hopefully it's over. I made it through my one month Stashalong self imposed yarn buying stoppage. Right now I'm trying to regroup and rethink my summer knitting goals.
2 comments:
That shawl is BEAUTIFUL! Wow! Really, WOW. And using the foam squares for a blocking surface is pure genius. I have no idea how I’m going to block my Adamas (if I ever finish it that is).
I bought my sqares at JoAnn's with one of the 40% off coupons they send in the mail if you are on the mailing list. You can get bigger and more expensive ones at toy stores. It's been a great blocking solution for me at a much lower cost then the $80.00 blocking boards I've seen online.
Looking forward to unpinning Kiri so I can really show off the koolaid dyed yarn.
You will finish the Adams, just keep plinking away! :-)
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