If you’re imagining me sitting in a cozy armchair, blissfully knitting away for hours each day, I hate to break it to you: that’s not my reality.

To block or not to block? That is the question. I know that some of you seasoned makers are looking at that question and thinking about how ridiculous it sounds. Trust me...there are thousands of knitters and crocheters who ask themselves that very question at the end of every project. I am a lazy knitter. If you have watched our After Hours show or read any of the other posts I have written, we have more established that. In the early years of my knitting, I never blocked. Why block? It's...

I've seen them, I've been intrigued by them, but I just couldn't bring myself to make one. People would proudly bring their temperature...