{"id":734,"date":"2007-10-23T16:23:45","date_gmt":"2007-10-23T06:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.randomknits.net\/?p=734"},"modified":"2007-10-23T16:23:45","modified_gmt":"2007-10-23T06:23:45","slug":"blocking-with-wires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/?p=734","title":{"rendered":"Blocking, with wires!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday was another hot day in Sydney town. Too hot to have the Hemlock in my lap, but a perfect day for blocking.
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\nI love the blocking wires. Straight lines are never a problem any more. I used to use the “thread a strand of yarn along the edge to get a straight line” method, but this is easier by far, and more precise. And less pinning!
\nThe first time I ever had to block out something large was my Feather and Fan shawl, I ran out of pins halfway around and had to run down to the supermarket to buy more.
\nAnyway, I soaked the Stole for about half an hour in warm water, then rolled it up in a towel and squeezed out the excess water gently.
\nI threaded the wires through the edge stitches, and used 12 T-pins to hold the wires in place. That easy!
\nI did discover a problem in the blocking.
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\nI dropped a stitch while I was casting off! I’ll have to frog the cast off row and re-do it. Apart from that, it’s looking good!
\nAs I said, it was a little hot to work on the Hemlock, so I cast on for something new.
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\nChicknits Nicole<\/a>. I’m using Debbie Bliss’ Cathay<\/a>. So far, so good.
\nWe’ve been making a few preparations for our upcoming vacation. (The plane takes off in 8 weeks, 2 days, 1 hour and approximately 30 minutes). Excited? Me?
\nOne thing I have prepared is my travel knitting. It arrived this morning from The Loopy Ewe<\/a>.
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\nShibuiKnits Sock<\/a> in Orchid, in a Loopy Ewe Purse Pal Tote. I like to get the important things organised. We have no luggage yet, we haven’t booked the care hire, and we only got our passports last week, but I’ve prepared my travel knitting!
\nOne of the (many) things I like about The Loopy Ewe are the fun little extras that Sheri pops into your package. Look what I got this time around.
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\nA mini sock kit! I was tempted to cast on straight away.
\nTwinkie was unimpressed.
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\nBut then again, it usually takes food to impress her.
\nBunny feet and tail!
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Yesterday was another hot day in Sydney town. Too hot to have the Hemlock in my lap, but a perfect day for blocking. I love the blocking wires. Straight lines are never a problem any more. I used to use the “thread a strand of yarn along the edge to get a straight line” method, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.randomknits.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}