It's done! The knitted blog header is finished. :-) Actually it was finished a while ago, but I've only recently decided that all the knitted/crocheted flowers round the edge were a bit OTT, so they've been abandoned. (I may have to use them to yarn-bomb some plant-pots.) I hope that what you see above is the finished header. It didn't photograph very well... and its proportions are all wrong for the Wordpress header shape... and I was unsuccessfully trying to fend off twinnage while I Continue Reading
Cutting a steek, and blocking your knitting
(I know, I promised part two of previous post. But a stinking cold has interfered. It's coming.) So, the knitted blog header is knitted. Just need to crochet some flowers for its edge. I thought I'd share a few photos of the knitting/steeking/blocking process with you, though, because not so very long ago words such as 'steek' terrified me, and words such as 'blocking' confused me, and I want to prove to anyone similarly anxious that like pretty much anything in knitting, it's not actually Continue Reading