September 25, 2005

Blocking conveyor belt

Well after weeks and weeks of saying that I would, I finally got around to doing a lotg of blocking.

I blocked the front and back of the husband's Guernsey sweater:



Guernsey sweater


The sleeves of the husband's sweater:


Guernsey sweater


The back of Fruity


Fruity


And Fruity's sleeves


Fruity


Fruity is languishing on the sofa waiting for me to show her a bit more love and commitment. The problem is that Fruity has set in sleeves and I don't deal with those too well. Actually, I have a real issue with them so Fruity might be gathering dust there for a bit.

I did, however, pay attention to the husband's sweater. Here is the sleeve pinned in place ready to be sewn up.



Guernsey sweater


And here is one shot of all of the ends waiting to be sewn in.


Guernsey sweater


To be honest, between those ends and the acres of stocking stitch:


Guernsey sweater


this project nearly killed me. But it was well worth it because you see, it was our anniversary on Thursday and this was my anniversary present to him.


Wedding picture


4 years already. Sadly it's a little big on him but other than that it's a fine sweater. I'll try to get a picture of him in it for you but the ones that I took didn't come out nicely and I'd rather show him off when he's looking good.

Posted by Amelia at September 25, 2005 06:19 PM
Comments

What a lovely bride, and gansey! (And groom of course.) x oxo Kay

Posted by: Kay at September 29, 2005 04:14 PM

You've been busy!! That is a lot of blocking and I certainly envy you all those ends...yikes! Happy Anniversary! And your Peppermint Twist is gorgeous too - I've always had a thing for that sweater.

Posted by: Vicki at September 26, 2005 07:38 PM

Your wedding photo is beautiful Amelia! Happy Anniversary!! I've never seen those type of pins before (the ones holding the sweater together that you made for your husband). I'm going to have to search around for some of those. Fruity looks delicious!!

Posted by: Maggie at September 26, 2005 04:39 PM

Happy Anniversary - what a lucky man getting a sweater. Its our 14th (cripes) coming up and I have not yet knitted him a sweater!
Good idea with the stitch markers using as pins for blocking. I would never have though of that. Looks like they work a treat too.

Posted by: carol at September 26, 2005 04:32 PM

Happy Anniversary! We just celebrated 4 yrs in June too but I didn't make him a sweater! Yours looks fantastic. Where is the pattern from? The photo is lovely - great dress. Hope you had a great day.

Posted by: Carol Bradford-Roe at September 26, 2005 04:00 PM

Amelia - I never thought to use the stitch markers as pins. You clever thing! What is that very technical looking graph underneath fruity's sleeves?

Your wedding photo looks gorgeous - isn't he handsome!

Sarah x

Posted by: Sarah at September 26, 2005 02:02 PM

Happy anniversary! What a lovely photo of you guys!

Posted by: Wendy at September 26, 2005 12:22 PM

You look absolutely ravhishing? And unforgivably thin :)

Congratulations! To many more :)

Posted by: stinkerbell at September 26, 2005 09:23 AM

I'll add my Happy Anniversary greetings as well and wish you both many more.

Something else on your post has caught my eye - what are you using to hold your knitted pieces together - those little "padlock" things? I have never seen anything like them. Any chance of a brand name so we can hunt them out over here? So much better than pins when sewing mattress stitch. Thanks in advance.

Posted by: Lesley at September 26, 2005 01:39 AM

Happy anniversary!

Posted by: Winter at September 25, 2005 11:00 PM

happy anniversary! what a lovely photo of you both. wow -you had long hair!! i am sure he is going to treasure the jumper even though it may be a touch big.

Posted by: jacqueline at September 25, 2005 09:37 PM

Happy Anniversary to you both. Does he like the sweater? (even if it is a bit big...)

Posted by: francoise at September 25, 2005 09:05 PM

Happy Anniversary and what a lovely present to give him. It'll be like wrapping him in a big hug.

Posted by: Tracy at September 25, 2005 08:27 PM

Happy Anniversary! The sweater looks good, what a wonderful present. I've yet to knit a man-sweater - the thought of all those yards of knitting.....

Posted by: Anita at September 25, 2005 08:19 PM

happy *a* day. lucky man .. to get such a loving gift... acres of stocking stitch .. a labour of love.

Posted by: P at September 25, 2005 07:43 PM