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KitSileya

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3. Huh... I had to google blocking to figure out what you were talking about.

Reply to pipi_k (Original post)

Wed Jul 30, 2014, 02:08 PM

Jul 2014

I've been knitting for over 25 years, and have never done that. My knitting is done Norwegian style (yes, it is faster than both English and Continental, we've timed it) and after a piece is finished, we dampen a tea towel and iron it with the tea towel between the knitted piece and the iron, to release the steam. Square pieces are in perfect squares already, the only adjustment is done prior to knitting when estimating needle gauge and stitch number.

I guess your guilty confession is the same as mine...

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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