Road Trip!
3/15/2006
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Nautical Blankie Swatch
Well, on Monday about when SnB was to start I completed the current portion of my Nautical Blankie swatch. It now needs steeking and the side borders put on. There is a slight problem though - it’s a bit narrow (even narrower than a sock) for steeking on a sewing machine. I also followed the steeking directions that Snow used for Blankie one which means I added in only 4 stitches which means not much wiggle room and an even number so I can’t do the crocheted steek as that requires an odd number. I think I’m probably stuck with hand stitching, but that isn’t as secure with superwash. Then again, it is a swatch that will get photographed and then who knows what will happen to it so I guess durability isn’t of huge importance. I think I may use some fusible webbing as a back-up to my hand sewing skills anyway though. We’ll see.
We are to have a steeking party at some point, but I have no idea when it might happen as the others aren’t ready yet. I may become a brave soldier at some point and charge ahead on my own. For one, that wrinkly mass is mocking me. Everyone says that it’ll block out, but dang, it seems like an awful lot of puckers that need to block out of a rather small piece of knitting.
I’m quite glad that I swatched it. I did digital mock-ups but I think the anchor needs a bit of tweaking and I hadn’t felt that way when I saw it in the mock-up, but I do now in the swatch. Hear that Snow? Don’t cast-on yet, I’m still tweaking (or rather don’t get to the anchors yet)…
I have cast on for a coordinating hat and since I can do that on a circ it is looking much better. Thank goodness! I was starting to loose my confidence in my colorwork skills… Of course that has me a bit reserved to do socks… But perhaps that would go better for me on 2 circs…
