patterns and spindles

Showing posts with label blocking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blocking. Show all posts

Saturday, August 25, 2012

More green - adult shawl is done

I did recycle some cashmere yarn, and a small shawl for 188 inch doll was done first
here is adult shawl off the needles. I seldom show unblocked shawls. stay tuned watch the butterfly to dry it's wings and reveal itself :)



here is the blocked shawl
the light is slightly different downstairs, so the day light color and the flash light color came out as different shades of green.

oh, dolls, that's right, forgotten the group picture



Edit: new dress. I needed something dark and modern. This is what is called in Russian "цельнокройное платье"




Thursday, August 16, 2012

Simple shapes colored

In simple shapes I have a curved shawl
Here is the gradient look (tester Taulin)
so it's coming and the pattern lays with Aade long 1/8, Kauni, Yarn place Graceful, Zuberball and some others produce similar long gradients. Adult shawl takes about 550m of yarn. The matching shawl for an American girl 18'' (45cm) doll  is in 120m range, so shorter gradient yarns can be used there to produce the similar effect.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

some cleaning and blocking of Orenburg shawls. medium size, about 155cm







and larger 215cm
(frame is 3.5m reduced to 2.15)
reinforced with the inner cross and horizontally




dry shawl lightens up a bit


warm Orenburg shawls do pull on the frame rather strong (withour reinforcing cross brackets) in comparison to a straight frame
 so the inner reinforcing cross is added to a larger frames (4x4 frames are rather heavy to manage in this size). so the lace on the frame when blocked is evened as well before it is let to dry.


one can leave this shawl for couple days to dry depending on the climate
large frames are also build in pieces (they do not brake, but they can bent), even heavy frames can be bent by large warm shawls. they are blocked tambourine tight (no, lace yarn doe not break or shed)  , it will tighten more when it starts drying (that's when it will ry to bend the frame more), then it will relax.

and in the cold they go (for nicer halo)