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PushyGalore

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4. Blocking is essential

Reply to pipi_k (Original post)

Sun Sep 13, 2015, 11:50 PM

Sep 2015

when one has knit a lace project. Such as a shawl, doily, tablecloth or and edging. Blocking really opens up all the yarn overs that make lace, well, lacey.

Google "lace before/after blocking" in Googe Images and you'll see what I mean.

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Guilty confession... [View all] pipi_k Jul 2014 OP

thanks for sharing this tip.. 2banon Jul 2014 #1

I've always been reluctant to knit anything that would require blocking ... surrealAmerican Jul 2014 #2

Huh... I had to google blocking to figure out what you were talking about. KitSileya Jul 2014 #3

Blocking is essential PushyGalore Sep 2015 #4

Blocking is Transformative tea and oranges Sep 2015 #5

This is a sewing confession PennyK Sep 2015 #6

I am fanatic on finishing, blocking on knitting and pressing on my sewing projects. dem in texas Oct 2015 #7