Reid on the blocks
I washed and blocked Reid today. Maybe I just suck at blocking, but this thing was a major pain in the …
Probably doesn’t help that this the first thing I’ve really ever blocked. The pattern calls for the back to be 15 inches wide by 11 inches tall. After washing, it was about 13 wide and 13 tall. It easily stretched to 15 wide, but I couldn’t get it to lay flat any shorter than 12 inches tall. Luckily, the front was the same way, so it’s going to be an inch taller than the pattern calls for.
The sleeves were not a big deal, they went pretty much right into shape.
The front was another story all together. Since the pattern didn’t have dimensions for blocking the front, I had to guess. I laid them on top of the back, and pinned them together. I stretched them as wide as I thought I could get away with, making sure the lace looked right.
I think it will come out just fine…
Now, I have nothing on needles at all. I’m going to cast on a seaman’s cap for myself, and I’m getting some yarn for FLAK.