Blocked Branching Out

I don’t know if you remember me mentioning a scarf I was knitting out of a blue silk?  We’ll it’s now finished and blocked!

I’d never done spray blocking before but it went smoothly (if you don’t count having to chase animals off while it dried) and relatively quickly.

In fact I’m rather pleased with it, especially given I’ve been so exhausted this week after going back to work.

But what better way to cheer yourself up than by adding another scarf to your wardrobe.  What could be better for keeping your throat warm?  Of course given this weather I need a scarf ALL the time hehe…

I’m also planning on updating the Folksy shop later this evening (if I can find the energy from somewhere).  But here’s a sneak preview….

Right I now need a cup of tea or a nap – possibly both……

Branching Out…

Recently I decided to have a look back through all the patterns I’ve bookmarked or highlighted as ones I want to try, and came across this one.  It’s a free pattern from knitty.com called Branching Out.

It’s a pretty easy pattern and given how my brain has been befuddled by my sickness I decided it looked perfect.  So I dug out some silk yarn and cast on.

The pattern is free and is in written instructions and chart form.  I’ve been using that chart and it’s really easy to follow.

Like a lot of lace patterns the wrong side rows are all the same (knit the border and then purl the rest) which makes this a 5 row repeating pattern.

Of course you can do as many repeats as you like and my plan is to just keep knitting until I run out of yarn.

Then I’m going to try spray blocking, which I’ve never done before.  Come to that I’ve never tried to block silk either!  I’ll let you see the results when it’s finished.  Unless of course it’s a complete disaster, in which case I’ll pretend it never happened and the scarf doesn’t exist hehe…