Yesterday was a good day for a little bit of blocking. I’ve got the Ellybob Cardigan on my Knit Picks foam blocking boards, and Ishbel on my larger board from WEBS and blocking wires on the straight edge. I’m pleased to be at this stage on both.
I feel like my edge elephants on the Ellybob could have been a little neater. Their trunks seem a little out of sorts, even with blocking, and I think my tension was a bit tight overall on the Fair Isle portion of the pattern, but it’s not extremely apparent, so I’ll call it good enough and move on. I found some cute little square buttons at my LYS that match the elephants pretty well.
As soon as these were secured to the blocking boards, I picked up Matt’s cardigan and began shaping the sleeve caps. I hope to block that today or tomorrow. It will have to be blocked and sewn before I can add the shawl collar.
Hmmm…what shall I cast on next?
I was just wondering to myself how to block cardigans–you have answered my question. 🙂 So far I have only blocked scarves. Thanks!
I love the elephants.
Love the cardigan! What yarn is that you are using for the lace shawl?
It’s Araucania Ranco. It’s a bit of a pain to wind, but they have great colors.
That cardigan is adorable! Well done!
I love those little elephants, they are so cute! Good on you for picking the cardigan for Matt again.
Ooh, what wonderful projects you’ve enjoyed knitting. Your color choices are spot on!
I love them. Both projects. The colours are simply wonderful! Really well done. 😀
Absolutely love those little elephants! Great work!
I LOVE the colors you choose!