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Blocked Henslowe!

July 8, 2012 By grumperina

I followed your advice and “night blocked” the shawl – pinned it out in the evening after Gregory went to bed, set a fan to blow on it over night, and then unpinned before he was up for the day. It worked out very well!

I listed all the details of this project in my previous post. For the sake of completeness I’ll add that I used US4 needles, and the finished size of the shawl is about 55″ across the top, and 17.5″ deep.

The yarn blocked beautifully, and I look forward to wearing this scarf/shawl in the fall!

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  1. Rose says

    July 8, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Gorgeous shawl! Color and pattern look fabulous.

  2. Jody says

    July 8, 2012 at 11:50 am

    I love wearing crescent-shaped shawls as scarves. And Henslow has the perfect combo of dense knitting to keep you warm and a lacy edging to make it pretty (and a bit more fun to knit, too).

    Congrats on figuring out how to block with Gregory around. I’m sure that’ll come in handy quite a few more times.

  3. Debi says

    July 8, 2012 at 11:57 am

    Love this shawl!!! Just beautiful, simple with a standout lace trim finish!!!

  4. Samantha says

    July 8, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    It’s beautiful! I always enjoy the magical transformation of blocking.

  5. Jennifer (pnbjam) says

    July 8, 2012 at 5:32 pm

    It is indeed beautiful – the blocking did wonders!

  6. Amy says

    July 8, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    Lovely.

    Glad the suggestion worked for you!

  7. Carol says

    July 8, 2012 at 6:33 pm

    Accomplishment is its own reward. Lovely!

  8. Janieb says

    July 9, 2012 at 8:34 am

    Yay for mastering another core parenting technique. Beautifully blocked:)

  9. pat says

    July 9, 2012 at 11:33 am

    Bravo! I love it when a plan comes together. The shawl is gorgeous!

  10. Brenda says

    July 10, 2012 at 2:01 pm

    I was enjoying reading the comments on your last post. I’m glad the night time blocking worked. I’ve used that method when I need to block quickly. The shawl is beautiful!

  11. Nuke says

    July 11, 2012 at 8:33 am

    What modifications did you make? Yikes – shortage of yarn is not good…

  12. Kimberlee says

    July 12, 2012 at 10:42 pm

    I’m also curious about the modifications you made. Would you share them with us? I’m headed to the yarn shop in the morning and I just may pick up something to knit this lovely shawl!

  13. Mary Lynn says

    July 13, 2012 at 11:24 am

    This is absolutely fantastic. I love the color and the pattern. Very, very nice!

  14. Amy says

    July 13, 2012 at 12:37 pm

    I like to check in to see if you’ve made a new post, and sometimes like to read the comments others have made. I can’t believe how many spam comments you have! Have you thought about adding the “type these letters” kind of security to your website? I know I get this kind of spam every so often – and I can ban the URL’s from comments. So sorry to see you are getting hit!

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