Current WIP count: 6
I finally got time at the weekend to start joining some Lego bricks together. And ran into trouble almost immediately, as all these ‘chunky’ yarns are vastly different when it comes to thickness so my bricks aren’t all the same size.
I’m making do, but it definitely doesn’t look quite as I imagined and I’m not sure there’s enough blocking in the world to fix it. At least this is for my dad so he’s contractually obligated to love it 😉
This is almost 2/3 done, not including the border. Saturday is the deadline and I’ve got another 3-hour train journey on Friday night that I can dedicate to it, so I’m pretty confident I’ll have a finished blanket ready to go on time. Still, keep your fingers crossed for me!
All the other WIPs are calling to me so I’m looking forward to getting this blanket done and dusted and getting back to them. I admit I did knit a few stitches of my Flax Light on Sunday – after a whole day of sewing bricks together I just needed to do something different for a wee bit!
What’s everyone else working on? Let me know in the comments!
Hannah
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I think it’s amazingly effective. It’s true that different yarns that are, apparently, the same gauge, are wildly different in thickness. I’m currently working on a geometric blanket that uses just three colours and I spent ages working out what yarns would go together I ended up with one dk and two arans and even then the arans seem to be slightly thinner than the dk!
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Thank you, that makes me feel a bit better about it! It’s annoying that yarn can be so different, but at least now I know to double check them all before I start next time.
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I think it looks great! I mean, not all Lego bricks are the same size either, right? I don’t envy you all that seaming, though.
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Thanks, I’m needing all the validation I can get with this one 😉 I don’t mind seaming when it’s simple straight lines like this – much easier than assembling amigurumi
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Hannah, it is perfect! When I think of the creations my boys made me as children with their legos, there were pieces here, there and everywhere! I think this is just great!
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Aw thank you! I’ll keep telling myself that :p
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It might have come out better if you had worked the afghan as one item, changing colors as necessary…good luck with blocking! Do you know you can melt acrylic with over-steaming? this would remove all elasticity of the yarn, making it more relaxed.
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It looks great! When you put them all together they all look the same size, or close enough!
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Thank you 🙂 my dad is really pleased with it, which is what really matters, so I’m happy!
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