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Finishing School or How to Make Your Knits Sparkle! by Alice Seidel
Knitting is so much fun, I could spend all my waking hours with yarn and needles, just designing away.
As with anything, all good things must come to an end, and so it is with whatever we are knitting. There always comes that moment when we cast off the last row, and tie off the last stitch.
Now what?
Well, with some projects, nothing else is required. Certain projects, such as scarfs don't require any real blocking. Once you finish knitting, you can begin wearing immediately.
With other projects, however, there are some definite finishing techniques that you should apply in order for your pattern to look professional. If you want to be taken seriously as a knitter who gives gifts or sells knitting at craft venues, then your finished creations must look their very best. There are specific ways to achieve this.
So, let us take a look at finishing requirements for our knitting. There are a number of steps to take to ensure that our knitted creations look their very best!
The first thing to consider is blocking. Any garment, dishcloth, afghan blocks, and many other projects require you to block your finished piece.
When you block something, it reduces curling, matches pieces to one another, (as when knitting a sweater), it makes your edges straighter, or it shows off the patterning (as in dishcloths; they "pop out", so to speak).
There are different ways to block. One is by soaking the knitted piece in water; squeezing out excess moisture gently, by rolling into a towel, then laying flat to dry.
If you have a large piece, pinning it down helps immensely. Leave it to dry completely. Never wring or twist the fabric.
Another method is by steaming. Again, pin the garment down and using a steam iron, spray with steam. Don't touch the fabric directly with the iron.
There are actual blocking boards you can buy for this purpose; often I use my ironing board or a large atlas or other book on which to lay my fabrics. The top of the clothes dryer is another good option.
Remember to leave your fabric alone once it's wet, and let it dry naturally off in it's own little corner of the world.
Any good knitting pattern should give you blocking advice; and be sure to finish each project this way. It's not exactly knitting, yet, it will assure you that what you knit will look fantastic!
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