Comments for Violet Green News

Comment on FEBRUARY HARES by Linnalark (on Ravelry)

Linnalark (on Ravelry) — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:34:36 +0000

No worries, I never thought about the thickness of the blanket squares so I think I’ll probably strand the yarn across, cheers

Comment on FEBRUARY HARES by violetgreen

violetgreen — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:56:51 +0000

Hi Linda, sorry it’s taken me a while to get back to you, I’ve been weighing it up – the squiggles are there partly so you don’t have a large portion of single layer knitting on the hares background: the resting yarn you carry across is sort of important to the square as a whole. On the other hand, it might not matter too much. See, I couldn’t make my mind up; I would carry the yarn across for the sake of the shape of the square as a whole, but really if you don’t want to I expect it will be fine.

Comment on FEBRUARY HARES by Linnalark (on Ravelry)

Linnalark (on Ravelry) — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:06:00 +0000

Hi Jane, is it worth using separate pieces of yarn for the 3 background squiggles rather than stranding the yarn across?

Comment on FEBRUARY CLUB PROJECTS SENT OUT by violetgreen

violetgreen — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:04:53 +0000

Glad you like it

Comment on FEBRUARY CLUB PROJECTS SENT OUT by Linnalark (on Ravelry)

Linnalark (on Ravelry) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:55:15 +0000

I got my package today and I love the new colour and the new squares. I still have 2 squares to do for January so I’d better get a move on.

Comment on BLANKET & SOCK CLUBS: RAVELRY PROJECTS by violetgreen

violetgreen — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:30:35 +0000

Hi Gill,
I have been soaking mine well, then squeezing out the excess water, then just laying them flat and pressing down the edges and leaving them to dry near a heat source.
Mine vary quite dramatically between unblocked and blocked state; blocking seems to make them grow nicely. Good news about them being the same size, that will be useful later on

Comment on BLANKET & SOCK CLUBS: RAVELRY PROJECTS by GillE

GillE — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:09:28 +0000

Two squares knitted and they are the same size! Nothing short of a miricle given this is my first attempt at intarsia type knitting. What do you find is the best way to block them?

I just love the colours and the yarn knits beautifully.

Comment on BLANKET & SOCK CLUBS: RAVELRY PROJECTS by violetgreen

violetgreen — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:40:05 +0000

Either is fine. I am blocking mine as I go, that might work well since they can all just lie flat until we are ready to use them. Also, might help us to know that our tension is remaining the same as we go, so we our squares don’t start to shrink or grow as we progress.

Comment on BLANKET & SOCK CLUBS: RAVELRY PROJECTS by Bluecowmoo

Bluecowmoo — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:07:49 +0000

Just finished square 1 (pictures on Ravelry). Wondering whether you advise blocking now or nearer to sewing up time?

Comment on BLANKET CLUB 2 by Linnalark (on Ravelry)

Linnalark (on Ravelry) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:19:07 +0000

That makes perfect sense, thanks.