Feb
15
Filed Under (Knitting, Lace) by jennyk on 15-02-2004

Well, that was my answer, and the question was how to block a knitted lace bag that is a small cylinder with a curved bottom. I couldn’t just pin it out like a doily, but it definitely needed blocking. The soy sauce bottle was the closest I could find to the right diameter, the lump of clay gave the curved bottom, and wrapping them in plastic kept the bag clean. Next problem was that the crochet loop edging needed stretching too, so I looped some cotton warp yarn through the thread I’d already run though the crochet loops, through a loop tied around the neck of the bottle, back through the thread and so on, then once it was all in place, I tensioned it carefully. Since that description is probably clear as mud, here is a pop-up picture.

Comments

Kate W on 16 February, 2004 at 2:31 pm #

what we do for fiber….


spinjenny on 16 February, 2004 at 8:44 pm #

Hey, I’ll do almost anything for fibre … or for chocolate …