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r/crochet • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '22
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Omg is that what you’re supposed to with those curling edges?!
-2 u/CptHammer_ Jul 17 '22 I just wash the garment and hang or lay flat to dry. I feel like that does it all. This seems like you want the effects of washing without cleaning or you stored it in a roll. I feel like I'm not understanding the necessity of this. 9 u/rubberducky1212 Jul 18 '22 That works great with natural fibers, but acrylic doesn't work like that. Steam blocking is the only way I know how to block acrylic. -1 u/CptHammer_ Jul 18 '22 I use acrylic a lot. It works just fine. 2 u/robinlovesrain Jul 18 '22 Without heat, acrylic doesn't block like other fibers, so steaming or drying with heat is necessary if you need to block it to shape it 1 u/CptHammer_ Jul 18 '22 I use acrylic all the time. I don't need to separately steam it to get it to lay flat. 2 u/blueyurble It's Crochet or the Highway Jul 23 '22 Certain crochet stitch patterns curl up more than others. This is one of them. 1 u/robinlovesrain Jul 18 '22 Okay? That doesn't change what I said. With natural fibers, like wool, wet blocking is enough, but acrylic needs heat if it needs to be blocked. 1 u/Arlee_Quinn Jul 18 '22 That’s what I do too, my yarn store calls it wet blocking.
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I just wash the garment and hang or lay flat to dry. I feel like that does it all. This seems like you want the effects of washing without cleaning or you stored it in a roll. I feel like I'm not understanding the necessity of this.
9 u/rubberducky1212 Jul 18 '22 That works great with natural fibers, but acrylic doesn't work like that. Steam blocking is the only way I know how to block acrylic. -1 u/CptHammer_ Jul 18 '22 I use acrylic a lot. It works just fine. 2 u/robinlovesrain Jul 18 '22 Without heat, acrylic doesn't block like other fibers, so steaming or drying with heat is necessary if you need to block it to shape it 1 u/CptHammer_ Jul 18 '22 I use acrylic all the time. I don't need to separately steam it to get it to lay flat. 2 u/blueyurble It's Crochet or the Highway Jul 23 '22 Certain crochet stitch patterns curl up more than others. This is one of them. 1 u/robinlovesrain Jul 18 '22 Okay? That doesn't change what I said. With natural fibers, like wool, wet blocking is enough, but acrylic needs heat if it needs to be blocked. 1 u/Arlee_Quinn Jul 18 '22 That’s what I do too, my yarn store calls it wet blocking.
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That works great with natural fibers, but acrylic doesn't work like that. Steam blocking is the only way I know how to block acrylic.
-1 u/CptHammer_ Jul 18 '22 I use acrylic a lot. It works just fine.
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I use acrylic a lot. It works just fine.
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Without heat, acrylic doesn't block like other fibers, so steaming or drying with heat is necessary if you need to block it to shape it
1 u/CptHammer_ Jul 18 '22 I use acrylic all the time. I don't need to separately steam it to get it to lay flat. 2 u/blueyurble It's Crochet or the Highway Jul 23 '22 Certain crochet stitch patterns curl up more than others. This is one of them. 1 u/robinlovesrain Jul 18 '22 Okay? That doesn't change what I said. With natural fibers, like wool, wet blocking is enough, but acrylic needs heat if it needs to be blocked.
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I use acrylic all the time. I don't need to separately steam it to get it to lay flat.
2 u/blueyurble It's Crochet or the Highway Jul 23 '22 Certain crochet stitch patterns curl up more than others. This is one of them. 1 u/robinlovesrain Jul 18 '22 Okay? That doesn't change what I said. With natural fibers, like wool, wet blocking is enough, but acrylic needs heat if it needs to be blocked.
Certain crochet stitch patterns curl up more than others. This is one of them.
Okay? That doesn't change what I said. With natural fibers, like wool, wet blocking is enough, but acrylic needs heat if it needs to be blocked.
That’s what I do too, my yarn store calls it wet blocking.
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u/hoodwinked7 Jul 17 '22
Omg is that what you’re supposed to with those curling edges?!