First Look at Knitted Blocks
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livingdebToday I finished knitting my third rectangle for the blanket some folks at my office are making:
As you can see, they are all exactly the same size as that piece of cardboard.
Just because I'm done knitting doesn't mean I'm done. I still need to weave those yarn tails into the knitting and I need to block the pieces (that's knitting terminology for making them do my bidding). We'll see how well that works out. I've never blocked anything before.
The two pieces on the right look the same on the front and back and naturally lie pretty flat. The one with the squares is actually pretty easy to do without having to pay much attention. The other one is a lot like the one with the squares, only each square is divided into two triangles. This resulted in a 3-D texture or fluffiness I didn't expect and think I like. It requires a bit more concentration.
The one on the left is a chevron pattern and naturally lies curly. It doesn't look as good on the back. It requires me to think thoughts such as "purl, one, two, three" and "knit, purl, knit, one, two, three, four, five," which I find repetitive and boring. It is hard to think these thoughts while watching movies. Thus, not only did I make plenty of mistakes, but I made so many that some of them survived to the finished product. Oh, well. It's still kind of cool, especially from far away.
As you can see, they are all exactly the same size as that piece of cardboard.
Just because I'm done knitting doesn't mean I'm done. I still need to weave those yarn tails into the knitting and I need to block the pieces (that's knitting terminology for making them do my bidding). We'll see how well that works out. I've never blocked anything before.
The two pieces on the right look the same on the front and back and naturally lie pretty flat. The one with the squares is actually pretty easy to do without having to pay much attention. The other one is a lot like the one with the squares, only each square is divided into two triangles. This resulted in a 3-D texture or fluffiness I didn't expect and think I like. It requires a bit more concentration.
The one on the left is a chevron pattern and naturally lies curly. It doesn't look as good on the back. It requires me to think thoughts such as "purl, one, two, three" and "knit, purl, knit, one, two, three, four, five," which I find repetitive and boring. It is hard to think these thoughts while watching movies. Thus, not only did I make plenty of mistakes, but I made so many that some of them survived to the finished product. Oh, well. It's still kind of cool, especially from far away.
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