A birthday gift
I like to make handmade gifts, I am already
planning for Christmas gifts; well its Auntie Bettys birthday today. Happy Birthday to you..
A few weeks ago I thought I’d made this very simple
lace scarf for a birthday gift. I prefer
to crochet rather than to knit and I’ve not tried lace knitting before. The pattern looks simple, short rows only 39
stitches, with a 16 row repeat and only one skein of yarn so why not.
It wasn’t all plan sailing and I did make a few
errors – I’d forget which row I was on and would get frustrated. I finished it a couple of weeks ago and then
had to block it. [Stretching wetting and drying]
You can see from this photo that you can see the
pattern until it’s stretched out
So I thread my blocking wires through the edge, lay
a towel on the floor ( I have limited space that suitable and that's cat
free!!), pin and then spray with clean water and leave to dry. This only works with natural fibres.
TaDah the final scarf
MummyHen
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Just lovely. What a thoughtful gift.
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That scarf looks fabulous, you're so clever. I think the before and after photos are really helpful because I had been wondering about all this blocking etc.
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Arwedd xx
Thanks for sharingg
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