Ya gotta love blocking

Here’s a swatch of Blue Moon Fiber Arts Geisha, in Thistle Leaf pattern from A Second Treasury of Knitting Patterns by Barbara Walker, before and after blocking:

before

after

Isn’t the transformation amazing? From lumpy, misshapen, and obscured to crisp and bright.

And now, instead of curling up into a ball, the fabric wants to drape:

showin’ off the drape

Ya gotta love blocking. Ya gotta love little paper hang tags too. The one shown above gives the source of the stitch pattern on one side, and the name of the yarn and the needle size on the other side. The swatch wouldn’t be of much use to me without its hang tag. Months from now, I could guess at the stitch pattern and yarn. But the needle size? Forget about it.

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