This morning I blocked the pieces of the vest that I've been knitting. This doesn't look interesting (not too colorful is it?) but Leiya wanted natural. My friend Mrs. Ide who has formally studied knitting once told me that the most important step in knitting (or crochet) is blocking the pieces before putting them together. Hey, I've spent years not blocking anything but Mrs. Ide claims it makes a world of difference so I've recently been taking the extra step of pinning down the pieces and steam pressing. Since this is cotton yarn I hope the vest will hold it's shape better... After these pieces are connected I'll put a single stitch crochet trim around the edges... Will that hold it? (I changed the pattern from pullover to button down... But I don't think Leiya wants buttons...)
And Thursday I helped three of my students make cell phone bags. A few months ago BrendaLou had sent me some patterns and so these went together easily. I had picked out some fabric that I wasn't really planning to use but the three girls dived into my stash drawers and came up with the cute kitty fabric."But this is Christmas fabric! It's March!"
No matter. Two of the girls wanted kitty Christmas cell phone bags. I wonder what their parents thought...
Okay. Off to clean! Hey, blogging only took me 10 minutes today!
6 comments:
Tanya,
You are so amazing...those young ladies will always remember you for your kindness. Love the cell phone bags. The sweater turned out nicely and I will try the blocking idea, makes sense.
Take care,
Liz
The vest is looking wonderful! How cool you guys made cell phone bags. Hey, at least they're prepared for Christmas!
You can never predict what kids will do creatively. Wish my mominlaw blocked her knitting/crocheting. It would make it look more professional. But she does do it all with love which is more important.
You've got it backwards...you need to set the clock for 20 minutes of cleaning and the rest of the time for play.
The vest is going to be wonderful...what will you use to close it, if not buttons? Glad you got some use of the cell phone totes. Let me know if you ever want more.
*Sigh* How disciplined you are! I am struggling to keep up with all my blog reading, and realise I am well behind.
Or, *winks* you could say I am ALL behind! haha.
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