Learn to knit: blocking

By Megan Goodacre

The Talk Part 2

By Megan Goodacre

The Talk Part 2
Last week I brought up that old conversation stopper: blocking. You know how it is. A group of knitters is chatting amiably, and one suddenly announces, "I never block." And the room goes quiet. Someone else chimes in, "Me neither, unless it's acrylic, then I iron it." You shift nervously in your chair, and then loudly, awkwardly, change the subject.

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Things Suddenly Get Awkward: The Talk

By Megan Goodacre

Things Suddenly Get Awkward: The Talk
It's time for The Talk. I know, how awkward. But I want you to be informed so you can make the right decisions in your adult life.

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By Megan Goodacre

How to Block Very Large Things

By Megan Goodacre

How to Block Very Large Things
I'm a big believer in blocking. More than that, I'm a big believer in wet blocking. But you might notice this gets really awkward when you are dealing with a very large project. A big wet stretchy wooly thing; how do you deal with it? If you're lucky, you've got some dry weather and you can lay it out on a sheet on the lawn.

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Finishing: Weave then block, or block then weave?

By Megan Goodacre

Finishing: Weave then block, or block then weave?
It's your basic chicken and egg situation. When you're finishing a piece of knitting (and by finishing, I don't mean getting to the end of knitting, I mean sewing it all together, blocking, i.e., sending it to Finishing School) should you weave your yarn ends in before you block?

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By Megan Goodacre

How to Block Knitted Lace

By Megan Goodacre

How to Block Knitted Lace
Blocking" is a finishing step in your knitting when you straighten and even out stitches, usually with heat or moisture. Blocking is also done again after you wash a knitted item. Blocking after knitting will set the item into its final shape.

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By Megan Goodacre

How to block your knitting

By Megan Goodacre

How to block your knitting
Blocking sets your knitted garment pieces, smoothes stitches, and plumps up some fibers. Blocking is done with moisture and/or heat, depending largely on the fiber content of the yarn, and your personal preference. How you block also depends on how much stitch definition you want to retain. 

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