Blocking Liesel

I rather enjoy using the cauldron Bron gave me for washing smaller handknits. It seem especially appropriate for soaking the Pink Scarf of Doom before blocking... it was a Pot o' Doom!:


I stretched Liesel on a jury-rigged rack:

...leftover mercerized cotton yarn, a hanger, two 30" stretcher bars (normally used when I do silk painting), towels, a shelf, and a large bag of potatoes. My original plan was to hang Liesel from the basement closeline, but she was too long. (Even to hang her from the pipes in the ceiling!)

A close-up:

Liesel definitely would have benefitted from either a thicker yarn or a smaller needle... but that's life. I'm not redoing her now!

Once she is dry, I will pack her and her companion (a much faster hat, but with his own grief-causing abilities) and mail them off. *Finally!* (Only a year and a few weeks late...)