Friday, March 15, 2013

Steam blocking

I made a video of me blocking my recent shawl to show how easy steam blocking is. This shawl is crochet from KP Gloss Lace yarn which is a 70/30 blend of wool/silk Steam blocking is my preferred method for blocking. It's really fast and you eliminate that pulled look that you can get from over stretching on pins. For items that have rounded curves, this is a great way to block and not loose those lovely lines.


Here is the center crock stitch spine before I blocked it.



And this shows the difference after blocking. In the video you can see it just lay down as i block it.



1 comment:

Susan said...

Brilliant!
I would have never thought to use a steamer!