JNA<p>I am knitting Earthly in Patons Linen (cotton, linen, viscose) and it’s my first time working with linen.<br>I was told, and everything I’m reading, and watching on YouTube emphasizes the importance of blocking my linen swatches. I hand washed in warm water with agitation, and am tumble drying now. After it’s dry, I’ll machine wash and dry the swatches like my son will when he’s living with the finished sweater. The swatches have become very soft, have grown a bit in length, but so far the width seems stable. Will see how second blocking goes. It’s going to be a very nice sweater if I can get the sizing right. Using the EZ PZ Gauge Ruler to measure, and the stitches were better defined after the first blocking. <br>Planning to make an XL (size 46” chest) depending on what happens with the swatches, since according to Google, yarn can be machine washed and tumbled dry, it may shrink up to 10%, (which would make the XL a 43.2” fit) BUT I had a bamboo ribbon yarn top shrink to child size in my washer (still sad about that, the pre wash size was perfect!) so I’m gun shy. RIP Coachella tank in Tahki Yarns Bali ribbon. I’d use that yarn again, but definitely wet block, and handwash (it got accidentally thrown into the washing machine)</p><p><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/earthly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ravelry.com/patterns/library/e</span><span class="invisible">arthly</span></a></p><p><a href="https://jimmybeanswool.com/products/crazy_cat_designs_ez_pz_gauge_ruler" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jimmybeanswool.com/products/cr</span><span class="invisible">azy_cat_designs_ez_pz_gauge_ruler</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/coachella" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ravelry.com/patterns/library/c</span><span class="invisible">oachella</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/knitting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knitting</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/earthly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthly</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/ErikaKnight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ErikaKnight</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/swatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>swatching</span></a></p>