Lariath- Live a Little.

Be warned this is not a very exciting post it was an experiment for my own benefit but I decided to share just incase, by chance, someone may find it useful (also if I make more of these I can read what I did...). If you don't care about blocking but want the pattern to these shawls  Click here  for a link. I made 3  Fortune's Shawlette  as gifts for Christmas. I really love the pattern and how the shawl falls ect. It looks gorgeous when it's finished. My only issue is that as I'm giving them as gifts I don't think my giftees will want to block the shawls after they have been washed. So I just wanted to see the size difference in the shawls after blocking/stretching and not doing any blocking/stretching. I left one as it was without blocking or anything, I blocked one after wasing it and the 3rd one I washed and stretched with hangers... I used hangers as weights on the corners of the shawl (don't judge me). The picture shows the purple one (the largest...

(Please read the important update at the bottom of the post)  Just a quick post to shout out about a charity I'm joining in with. I think it is a fantastic idea so here's some info: Fancy helping with a charity orientated humongous London Yarn bomb? Get involved. The aim is to make a blanket the equivalent of sixty million trebles out of handmade blankets that are 36x36". The blanket is to represent the amount of refugees worldwide.  The huge blanket will then be spilt apart to provide charities with warm blankets throughout the UK and Hand In Hand For Syria. I know the title says 'Trebles' but any stitch can be using including knitting, the stitches can all be calcualted into treble equivalents. There are also many drop off points for blankets dotted around the UK (and some other countries are involved too) There is a really friendly and active Facebook page devoted to this charity event just search for 'sixty million trebles' on F...