Posts Tagged ‘Blocking’
I don’t get this blocking business
Posted by: Vicky on: 13 July, 2007
- In: Blanket| Knitting
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I decided that I ought to try blocking my latest blanket squares properly, rather than subjecting them to the steam iron and in effect melting the acrylic yarn.
So I got a towel and pinned the two squares out. They already measured the right dimensions so didn’t need to stretch them.
I then found some old hankies, [...]
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Why didn’t I read this before?
Posted by: Vicky on: 10 July, 2007
I finished knitting Evie at the weekend and decided I would check on the best way of blocking the pieces of the jumper. Being 100% cotton I wasn’t sure whether wet cloths or steaming was better for cotton yarn.
This article “To block or not to block” seems to be very helpful, listing how to [...]
Tags: Blocking
