To starch or not to starch?
Just wondering....
How is everyone planning to finish this stole? I'm still in the center panel, but have been thinking a lot lately about the dressing directions. Are you guys going to starch as directed?
A knitalong for Hazel Carter's Sampler Stole from A Gathering of Lace
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I'm planning to block mine like I usually block my lace: soak it in Eucalan, wrap it in a towel and get as much water out as possible, then toss it on the carpet and pin it out. If it doesn't seem like that works well, then I'll go the starch route. But I've never done the starching before, so I'm saving it as a last resort.
Posted by: Melissa | March 10, 2006 02:07 AM
I'm more interested in something I find soft and has a beautiful drape, while still maintaining as much of the open lace as I can. I'm also going with aggressive blocking, but no starch. I haven't decided if I'm going to give the blocking frame a go, as suggested in the book, or use blocking wires/string and pins. Probably the wires/pins because I won't want to make the frame too by the time I'm done ...
Posted by: Devri | March 10, 2006 08:10 AM
The exception proves the rule... Roland
Posted by: Roland | November 21, 2006 09:19 PM
The pitcher goes often to the well but is broken at last... Guy
Posted by: Guy | November 21, 2006 09:26 PM