Last night when I finished the embroidery on this block, and liberated it from its clamps, I was disappointed. In spite of that little square being tightly held by the clamps, it was slightly distorted once freed. :( During the night, I considered my options (when I should have been sleeping). This morning, before I did anything more drastic, I gave it a quick 2nd chance steam blocking, with the square face-down on a thick bath towel. I was pleasantly surprised by the result. I think it's OK. That means Block #1 of 16 is done. I have not yet decided if every block will be embroidered. There have to be a few mysteries left unsolved, or the project will be very dull.
This block shows off one of the reasons I so wanted to knit the squares in the round, in the first place. The purple rounds are done in double knitting, with a little checkerboard effect. Because of the random increases every other round, I can't do the major double knitting patterns I had hoped to do, but the little checkerboards make the block interesting, I think.
Now, what's next? Little birdies?
A bunny for Easter, how appropriate.
ReplyDeleteThis finished up truly beautiful, will you do a graft to join the blocks together? I can see this in a contrast, with cast off at the top, your stitchery is going to be the BEST, when all done, ( I have to watch my typing, nearly put " Beast") Guess it might be that at times, when one stich goes wrong.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to see what stories you will tell with this one, Cheryl :)
ReplyDeleteLoving it!
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