A rather squished looking block. Never mind. Tonight I will be reading up on blocking! Have a great Saturday!
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Oopsie.
Getting into the bonfire night/autumnal theme I thought I'd whip up a block called Catherine Wheel from my 200 Crochet Blocks book last night. Feeling rather pleased with myself I thought I'd starch it to give it that crisp 'blocked' feel . Now I've never blocked before (although I probably should have) and set about heating up my iron - not giving a second thought that I'd used acrylic. Oh yes...I should've read up on blocking because I really didn't have a clue what I was doing.
A rather squished looking block. Never mind. Tonight I will be reading up on blocking! Have a great Saturday!
A rather squished looking block. Never mind. Tonight I will be reading up on blocking! Have a great Saturday!
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Never use an iron on acrylics - for acrylics, pin into its' required shape then mist thoroughly with water and just leave it to dry completely - it'll be blocked then :) Irons are ok for pure wool and other natural fibres but what I tend to do is just again pin into place but don't actually let the iron touch the yarn - just let the steam do its' thing. Again, when it's completely dry you can unpin and it will be blocked. Hope this helps!
Ruth
xx
Love the colors!
The colours are gorgeous!
Thanks ladies =] Thanks for the advice Ruth - I have learned my lesson!xx
I blogged a post about blocking acrylic with an iron. You don't press it just steam it and leave to dry. Pin it out on a towel first and steam it then leave to dry. Works perfectly. x
I'm sorry for you Terrie, such a shame when it is such a Beautiful Block, love the colours you are using :)
Love the colour combo, really Autumnal.
That is exactly what I would do!!! I am a disaster with the iron. Lucky it was only one block :-)
Oops! I began a hexagonal granny throw but gave it up after a few hexagons. I thought, well, I'll just use these as hot pads...never thinking about what would happen when I placed 400-degree casserole dishes on them. Oh, well, lesson learned.
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