Blocking "Brickless"
I finally finished the Brickless shawlette on October 15th and it's time to block it! As I was working on this pattern, I was concerned about the effect of the different tensions of the different stitch patterns (netting, ribbing, and garter). The netting tried to be open and the garter on the one side helped but the ribbing on the other side pulled in and caused the netting to pucker up. I didn't like it, but felt pretty certain that a good wet block would clear it up. I didn't want to use individual pins along the edge like I have in the past, so I purchased a blocking wire set. I used them for the first time last night to lay out this shawlette for blocking. It was more difficult than I expected to weave the wires along the edges and not as quick as I had hoped. Still, I think it was quicker than just using T-pins. I mis-judged the size, or rather the length, of this shawlette. I should not have blocked it on my bedroom floor. We couldn't clos