Blocking Makes the Difference for Me

I wanted to share one last thing about this purple sweater.


The pictures in the sweater post are of the garment BEFORE blocking. In the excitement of finishing a project we sometimes want to skip the blocking process and just wear it. But, blocking, to me, adds the finished look that it needs. It seems to set the stitches and make everything in the universe right. lol

So, here are pics of the blocked sweater.

Until next time....

The Purple Cardigan

A month ago I didn't feel like knitting.
A few days after I left the hospital I started my first top down cardigan. I finished it yesterday and it is blocked and drying right now. It knit up fairly quickly. I did my first steek. A little scary but after viewing a few YouTubes on the subject, I went to work. It wasn't so hard. It has a pucker at the top that I must eliminate next time. I was able to use up some buttons that I bought a while ago just because I thought they were neat. Not until my husband saw them did I know that they represent Indian Head or Buffalo Nickels. I alternated them. So here is the sweater....just in time for our trip this Thursday to Wheaton, Illinois. We are going to the Family Economics Conference.