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Blocking Acrylic Wool

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  • 23-12-2020 12:43am
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    Emma2019
    Registered Users Posts: 414 ✭✭


    Hi All,

    Not sure if this is the right forum so please redirect if not.

    I gave knitting a whirl during lockdown and had gotten the hang of knitting and purling so decided to give a scarf in stocking stitch a go. I had read that stocking stitch curls so I put a border around it of a few knit stitches at the bottom and each side but obviously it wasn't enough and the whole thing now looks like a swiss roll!

    I looked at ways to block it online and I tried steaming it with an iron and spraying it with water and running the hairdryer over it. Hairdryer worked better but it's still rolling up.

    As it's acrylic yarn I think I'm kind of limited in what I can do now but I thought I'd check if anyone has any other suggestions before I unravel 2 foot of scarf that took me like 3 days to do.

    Thanks!


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    Das Kitty
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 17,231 Mod ✭✭✭✭Das Kitty


    I am the owner of a sausage roll scarf. I kept going after it started to curl and I was able to block it to begin with but after a while it rolled up again. It really chokes when I zip up my coat!

    If I had my time back I'd go back and work it in k3p3 rib.


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    Kewreeuss
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    Well done, that you've learned knitting. You could now try crocheting and do a border around all the edges:)


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    I usually wash mine in a low temp / cold wash, squeeze out the heavy wet, then pin it out on a mattress or foam board to dry.
    Can take a while to dry but results are good!


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