So, a few days ago I posted that my new yarn had arrived. I decided to knit it into a book cover. Yes, knit. I’m not a very good, or very fast, knitter – but I tried a few rows of crochet and the fabric was coming out too thick, so knitting it had to be (simple stocking stitch, edged with a row of single crochet when it was finished).
The yarn is stunning, but it was a bloody nightmare to knit with. It kept tangling and having to be sorted out every couple of rows. It was also quite uneven, so by the time I had finished the rectangle I’d been aiming for was hideously curled and distorted. Bah.
Blocking turned out to be the answer. I’ve never blocked a piece of knitting (or crochet) before, but there was no alternative so I gave it a go. I soaked the piece of knitting with warm water (a lot of the instructions I found online said to pin it out and then just spritz it, but really that wouldn’t have worked with this deformed monstrosity), and then pinned it out on a cushion and put it down in the garden first thing this morning. It’s been a lovely mild day here in London and it dried out very quickly, so here it is.
Right side:
Wrong side:
I’m going to crochet a tie for it, and then it’s ready to be made into a notebook!
