WIP Wednesday April 27, 2022

 Today is my daughter Sarah's birthday. Happy Birthday Sarah! One year closer to 40! Heh heh.

I finished the knitting of Lovelia's body. I wove in all the ends yesterday. It took 3 hours. Whew! Today I blocked it, and I took picks while I was doing it. This is acrylic, so I blocked it with steam, like I explain how to do on my post about blocking acrylic. I just feel a need to do another one.

Here is Lovelia, unblocked. Front

and back.

I have put the blocking wires in. It's so much easier to block with these than just pinning.

I've pinned it to my blocking board, right side down according to the measurements of the schematic in the pattern. At this point, I steamed it gently with my Jiffy Steamer, though a steam iron or a hand held steamer works. I did not steam the ribbing. I don't want to destroy it's elasticity.

Just a word about blocking mats. The one I have is no longer on the market, which is a shame because it's awesome, but there are a lot of mat sets available. I recommend something like this set here:

It's a set of interlocking foam mats which makes it pretty flexible, with t-pins.

Here is the front of Lovelia after removing the wires and pins.

It looks so nice and even, and it's going to be easier to sew on the sleeves and knit on the button bands.

I hear people say they don't block, and don't need too. It's a horrifying thing to hear. No pride in workmanship at all.

Here's a pic of Zoey for you. Just the smallest little lip blep.

Live long and prosper. \\//