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Posted by suzee on February 18, 2008, 12:47 am
mirjam@actcom.co.il wrote:
> I have read all the arguments , seen women do all kinds of blocking ,
> I STILL DON`T DO it ,,, not even for Lace , i treat my knits like i
> treat my woven piece ,,,, after i jave streched it , straightened it ,
> threads and wools ALL Wish to go back to their natuarl position , i
> let a new clothing item , crochet or knit rest a night before wearing
> it ,,, it can be rolled up in a towel on which i just lay it as IS ,
> no streching ] and may roll it into the towel ,,,
> Weaving is blocked because the threads need to be STABLIZED ,
> knitting /crochet doesn`t need it ,,,, One has to remember that
> knitting /crochet came into the world after weaving thus some habits
> and tradiyonal thought were transformed into that techniques ,,,,
> which they DON~T Need ,, i have made some complicated laces ,,, i
> just rolled them for the night in towel that was a bit humid [ we live
> in hot country] next day you saw their glory ,,,, the humidity does
> this instead of the pulling .....And PINS ,,, No No No ,,,,,,
> I learned knitting lace from old ladies who never blocked it ,,, not
> even those who threw it into Sugar or Starch theirs, i learned the
> humid towel roll if needed. As to other knitting it sorts itself out
> after 1-2 uses ,,,,,
> ps all my life i Checked out all knids of ADVICE given about knitting
> crochet etc,,,, and i only do those that seem rational or needed to
> me ,,, Every one is free to decide what they feel is right for
> them ...
> Take that habit of Not knitting the first or last st in a row ,,,, I
> refused to do it from mt first knitting days , because Nobody told me
> why they do it ??? nore what`s good for !!!!
> I knit =cast on my stiches and am happy with it ,,, I start crochet
> not from a row of singles , but i cast on DC of half Dc , ever since
> i learned it ,, and am happy with it .
> Thus my advice Try and see what WORKS Best for You ,,, but even when
> you block ,,, use some cloth under it !!!!and DON `t strech ,,,,
> mirjam
I've never blocked anything, mostly because it's acrylic anyway. I have
two wool scarves I haven't blocked and they're okay. The edges fold over
a little which seems to bother a lot of knitters, they want them `nice
and straight'. I may try your damp towel idea on them to see if it
`improves' them or not. One of the reasons people give for blocking is
to get a piece to the correct size so it fits. Since I knit a pattern in
my own gauge to fit me, and ignore the pattern gauge, I don't have this
problem. I think some knitters are overly strict about getting the gauge
right on. I'm very casual about it, but my things fit. If they don't I
rip out and use a different number of stitches.
sue
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