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Hi Cathy, so sorry about the delay in replying. It's usually not a problem in the beginning if you leave a long enough tail. About 6 inches of tail should be good. If it's being troublesome, you can weave in the tail first and then use it, anchored, to begin the slip stitches.

@@CynthiaHyslop Thank you

Thank you so much for watching. My apologies for not checking on comments sooner!

Wonderful! I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Blocking is a bit of a process but well worth the effort.

That's fabulous. I hope you like this method.

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

Hi Chuck. Thank you for the question. I'm afraid I don't remember what the squares were. I think they were from a Rowan Knit-A-Long. The squares were knitted.

Thanks Cynthia. Good info about the Rowan Knit-A-Long. I appreciate it.

Good question! The answer is yes.

Fantastic idea to do the edging in one colour.

Thank you so much, Michelle.

Hi Michelle, thanks for asking. I believe Barb might have been saving the first stitch for when she attaches the next square (below, going horizontally).

Thank you, Barbara! I don’t remember what size hook we used, but generally it would be the same size hook as we used for the squares (same mm size of the squares were knitted) or maybe one size smaller.

Hi Virginia. I'm so sorry that I missed your question earlier. If you're working a lace pattern (with lots of holes) then I would block it to open up the patterning, regardless of the fibre content. You may find that other, less stretchy fibres (e.g. cotton) may not require blocking later. I think blocking wires are a good investment for knitting shawls in general.

Thank you for the compliment. We're very glad that you found the tutorial helpful.

Thank you for asking! The shawl is called the "Hot Shawl" (we originally made it using our Hat Trick hockey-inspired yarn and so it got a hockey-inspired name). You can find it here: rivercityyarns.com/collections/rcy-original-designs/products/hotshawlpattern (available in print or pdf download) or on Ravelry here: www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/hot-shawl.

Thanks, Paula. I hope your next shawl goes easier for you.

Usually your yarn will come with some recommendations on the ball band. If the recommendations are for knitting needles sizes, I generally use the same size hook. But the best way to tell is to crochet a swatch and see what kind of fabric you're getting. Then you can use a larger or smaller hook depending on what kind of project/fabric you'd like to make.

@@CynthiaHyslop Kia ora Cynthia..thank you so much for getting back to me all the way in New Zealand. Hope you are all keeping safe and well. My blanket squares edges/ tops and bottom rows not as neat as yours so I am still working out whether the crochet or the slip seam is a better way. I will let you know how I get on xxx

Thank you so much, Sharon. I'm really glad to hear that.

CM K Hello and thank you! The blanket is the first Martin Storey KAL project. If you visit knitrowan.com and search for Martin or look for his KALs, you should find it. You’ll need to join the Rowan page and the pattern is free for members.

Excellent! I wish you lots of success. Thank you for watching.

Thank you, Joyce. Come again!

Hi Cindy, I'll see if I can fix that... I now leave the music off and use a microphone. Our later videos are better but I appreciate your comments and I'll see if we can't redo this one soon.

Thank you so much, Rose. We appreciate that!

Hi Penny, sorry you didn’t like the music choice! This was an early video and I’ve learned a bit since then. We’ll have to reshoot this one when we can.

Haha, Myrna! We bought two sets.

Will they interlock to make different measurements? My set comes in nine blocks (36x36). They are numbered as how they interlock, as well as ruled for measurement

Hi Myrna, you could try purchasing another set and see if they will lock in. If not, you could just place the new ones next to the originals to have proximity. Ours all fit together in various combinations (e.g. you can make them long and rectangular or square or just make a frame with them.

@@CynthiaHyslop You can get six foam blocks on Amazon. At two by two feet each, that gives you a 48 x 72" area, and most of my triangular and rectangular shawls would fit. i think the set of six is about $26 which is a bargain I think....

We're so glad you found the video helpful!

Thank you so much, Lesley. We appreciate your feedback.

Sorry Stephanie. We’ll put this one on our re-do list.

Thank you, Patti, for watching and commenting. I'll see what I can do about the music.

Hi Aziz, did you have a question for us?

Thank you! Diane did a great job of knitting the Hot Shawl pattern by Holli Yeoh but blocking is really the key!

Thank you, Julie, for watching and commenting. We appreciate it very much.

Thank you, Becca. Glad you could join us. Hope you get a chance to try it yourself very soon.

Thank you, Carolyn. I'm glad you found it, too.

Did you try it, Kiarra? What do you think?

Okay. You could try blocking the squares to try and get them to conform to a similar size. Or, you could try knitting/crocheting a border around them to make the smaller ones bigger. You can sew them together in a kind of "jigsaw" look but you'd likely need to knit/crochet some "filler" pieces. I'd recommend blocking first.

Oops, sorry Kiarra, I didn't see your comment earlier. If they're different sizes, it becomes tricky to sew them together without puckering on one side. If you're making a blanket, as we were doing here, I'd suggest putting a border around the smaller square to make it the same size before sewing them together.

Hmmm... that's interesting! We'll try to work on one like that. (We'll have to see if we can get Barb to work on a project with squares of different sizes!) You must be in the middle of something like this? Are they different widths as well as lengths?

I'm assembling a 12-square knitted afghan, and there is a lot of variation in stitch count on the squares. I am using an i-cord join which requires picking up stitches before knitting the join. I am compensating for the variation by skipping stitches along the longer edges. The locking stitch markers help immensely - I put them in evenly spaced so it is not too hard to see where to skip. This would work the same on a crocheted join. Feel free to share this suggestion if you want.

Thank you for watching. Let us know how your project worked out!

Thanks for commenting, Catriona! One of these days I'll redo this video (now that we have more experience) and we'll do a better job with the music.

That one is called the "Rock Island Shawl" by Jared Flood.

Hi Aileen, it is a Rowan pattern and you can definitely find it. Scroll down just a little to read the comment under Carolyn Wright. You'll find a link to the pattern and Rowan has great video support as well. Happy knitting!

Yay!

Oh no! Is it just a certain section of the video? It seems to work okay for me... but perhaps I can adjust the sound in a particular section? Do you know about closed captioning? It's a very cool feature that RUclips supports as well.

Hi Carolyn, the pattern is by Rowan: Martin Storey Pure Wool Superwash Worsted Knit Along 2016: www.knitrowan.com/designs-and-patterns/online-collections/martin-storey-pure-wool-superwash-worsted-knit-along-2016. Rowan produced a lot of videos to support this project and you can find them here: www.knitrowan.com/designs-and-patterns/patterns/martin-storey-kal-2016-final-making-up

Thanks so much, Christine.

Hi Maggie.I think this method works brilliantly for all kinds of seaming, including buttonbands. It's such a neat technique that you can use it on the right side or the wrong side. But the best answer of course, is to tell you to just try it. If you don't like it it's very easy to remove it and try again. We'd love to see a picture of your finished garment.

I'm sure I can... I will try to fix it this week. Thank you for letting me know.

I am having the same problem x

Thank you for your patience! I've uploaded a "version 2" with the music turned down. I'll delete this earlier version in a few days.

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svazquez714 Blocking is a process that allows you to shape knitted or crocheted projects. It's particularly important with items like shawls, which have designs that need to be stretched into shape. When you watch this video, you'll see what Diane's shawl looked like before and after blocking as well as how we did it. Hope that helps!

Thank you so much for your comment! We'd love to see a picture of your finished afghan. You can find us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or send a photo to cynthia@rivercityyarns.com and I'll post it for you. Yay!

Of course I will when finished!😀 I knit the Spice colourway for the 2016 KAL & 9 shades of PWW for the 2014 Martin Storey KAL