One of the most effective ways to enhance lace knitting (or knitted lace) is to block it. This week, we’re working with Fibra Natura’s Flax Lace yarn. Yesterday, we made two tension swatches – I started with one on size 6 US [4mm] needles, and wasn’t happy with it, so …
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Steam blocking a shawl knitted with Chic Sheep goes from good to great!
When I blocked the Simple Lace Triangle Shawl we talked about yesterday, it went from this curly crumpled triangular-ish shaped garment to a beautiful shawl. One comment I receive from a lot of people is how perfect my stitches look on knitted garments. Blocking goes a long way to making …
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A simple lace triangle shawl is luxurious knitted with Chic Sheep yarn
Yesterday we went over the general benefits of Chic Sheep, and today I’ll talk about what I ended up knitting first! From my previous articles lately, you may be able to tell I’m on a shawl kick, so it makes sense that the first thing I’d knit with Chic Sheep …