Black Sheep

LTKAction

January 18th, 2005

I spent the weekend, whilst waiting for yarn to arrive, working on LTKA. I finished the lace square that had been languishing in my basket for months, and then I whipped up a couple more squares. I don’t want this thing to be never-ending. I want to get it done at some point. So without further blathering, here are the three squares:

The one on the left is square #4, “Lattice with seed stitch.” The one in the middle is square #5, “Diagonal Ribbing.” The square on the right is square 52, “Lace Diamonds.” There. Done with that for awhile. I still have a ways to go on this, but I’m just that much closer now .

I spent some time blocking the squares that I have finished as per the instructions in the book. You use the first square, the garter stitch square, as the “mold” for the rest of them. I pinned some bright pink yarn around square #1 to the fabric of my ironing board. This will be used as a guide for the rest of them to steam block into shape. I have to say that this steam blocking thing works like magic! It’s like the yarn morphed into shape… It really made a huge difference on the lace pieces. So I highly recommend, of you are doing this project, to block.

I got my Sierra Quatro today from Hello Knitty! Wow! I think it’s really a pretty yarn. It’s also really soft. I guess this means I will begin Gail’s Clapotis tonight. So stay tuned for some more Clap action!

Oh, and one more thing…My husband’s brother called last night to tell us that he and his wife are having a baby! I am so incredibly happy for them! So this means that there will be some baby things added to my upcoming knits . I’ve had a hankering to knit baby things so this will be fun.

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