"Artful touches, clever construction and as always, figure flattering silhouettes. Knit in sea glass inspired shades of cool cottons and soft linens."

This is Nidden knit in Linsey-a new cotton/linen blend for spring.
"Nidden is constructed in a novel way--the fronts also form the collar and a good portion of the back. Delicate lace adorns the fronts, the cuffs and the center back."

Pawtucket is also knit in Linsey.
"A cure for cardigan burnout, this innovative cardigan makes use of negative space and a technique borrowed from leather weaving."

Many of us (me included) finish sewing up a sweater and put it on right away.  The pattern always says to block the pieces before sewing them together but we are in a hurry so we just miss that step.

The scarf pictured was knit by Emma for the store.  By blocking the scarf, the lace pattern lies perfectly flat.  Especially with lace knitting the garment looks very small when finished.  Blocking will stretch out the garment to the finished size it is supposed to be.

There are many different techniques for blocking.  Here are some interesting articles to read on the different techniques and the tools you will need.

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