Up first is this lovely Swirl Hat by Mandie Harrington.
A close friend of mine has been battling cancer for the past couple of years. I decided that I wanted to make something for her to wear in doors to keep her head warm but not so warm that it was uncomfortable. I had some Cascade Heritage Quatro left over from the first pair of socks I made (colorway 5669) and decided that this would suit this purpose nicely. This is me modeling the hat before I blocked and washed it. Since we had been passing colds around our house I didn't even take it out of the dryer until her sister came to pick it up.
A close friend of mine has been battling cancer for the past couple of years. I decided that I wanted to make something for her to wear in doors to keep her head warm but not so warm that it was uncomfortable. I had some Cascade Heritage Quatro left over from the first pair of socks I made (colorway 5669) and decided that this would suit this purpose nicely. This is me modeling the hat before I blocked and washed it. Since we had been passing colds around our house I didn't even take it out of the dryer until her sister came to pick it up.
After that I was asked to make a baby blanket for a friend to give as a baby shower gift. I sorted through Ravelry and picked out a few options for her to choose from. She decided on the Baby Chalice Blanket by Karen S. Lauger. See how the lace looks like cups?
I made a couple of modifications to the pattern including doing 12 repeats of the chart (cast on 173 stitches) and changed the border to a 5x5 seed stitch. This was knitted in Lion Brand Pound of Love and since it was lace I was presented with the issue of how to block it. As you know you cannot "block" acrylic, and lace patterns really need to be blocked to show off the lace. I decided to steam block it to "kill" the acrylic. There is a great tutorial on this process here.
Have you ever tried to block acrylic? How did it turn out?
Check back tomorrow to see what I've dyed up this week!
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