Yay! I love it when things work out like that! I'm so glad this was helpful to you!

Jess

I think you could just try the steam method. I'd just take it easy at first as sometimes the yarn can go from "not blocked" to "waaaay too blocked" kind of quickly. I've had acrylic garments turn out too big when I've gotten a little ambitious with my steam blocking. 😉

Good luck, Barbara! Another idea I had was just to use the lid of a styrofoam cooler. Maybe you've got one of those laying around?:)

Oh my goodness! 250 squares!? That's so impressive! Are you making an afghan? Your blocking board sounds really useful--especially for such a prolific crocheter like you!

I made a blocking board, helped by my husband who added plastic strips to keep the sticks straight. They were made from curtain rail. It works well, which is good as I have 250 squares to block.

I get them fairly damp when I'm using cotton. I'd say a few spritzes with a spray bottle per hexie. Hope that helps!

Honestly, often I just pin it to my carpet! 🙂 I use long "T-pins" and lay a towel down and put the crocheted item on top of the towel. If you're using acrylic yarn, you can steam the scarf with an iron (just don't touch the iron to the actual yarn). With wool or cotton, you can just spritz it with some water and let it stay pinned down for a day or two. It doesn't solve all curling, but it should def help.

Hope that is helpful!

Jess

whoohoo! You have my Dollar Store blocking pad beat by an entire 50% cost savings! 🙂

That's great, Diana. What a lucky find!

Hi...I made mine wirh acrylic and blocked them but skipped the steaming process all together and it came out just fine and really flat!

Hey Tara,

I would steam one at a time, taking care not to get the steam super close to the yarn. I think you could stack them on top of each other as you go though and just steam the top one each time.

Good luck!

Jess

I am using acrylic yarn so I have a garment steamer I planned on using to block my hexagons..... Do you place one on the board, steam it and place another on top or do you create a stack and then steam through them all? This will be the first project I am blocking

Hey Kamilla,

I would just decide based on how they were looking after they are crocheted. Are the slightly different sizes? Curling at all? If so, I'd just go ahead and block them, but with acrylic yarn, the fiber probably wont' relax as much as it will with cotton. Sometimes I use the steam setting on my iron to lightly mist acrylic with hot steam and that seems to work well. (Just don't actually touch the iron to the yarn because it will melt.)

Hope that helps!

Jess

Hey Kamilla,

Yes, I usually do, although it's harder to get the yarn to "relax" with acrylic yarn. You could research how to hover a warm iron above your knit/crochet piece and block it using the steam from the iron if you find that it's not relaxing enough with just spraying water. (Just don't touch the iron to the yarn or it will melt!)

Jess

Sometimes you want to block your crochet after finishing it or before sewing it together because it helps everything look nice and tidy. Think of it as sort of "organizing" the yarn fibers. 🙂 With these hexie blocks, it also helps make them a uniform size to sew together.

My pleasure, Darlene!

Happy blocking!

Jess

Yes, try it, Jamie! I just used my blocking "board" today and it worked like a charm 🙂

My pleasure, Donna! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂

Yes! And if you buy a gardening pad at Dollar Tree, you can make the whole thing for only a couple of bucks!

🙂

Awesome! It's actually kind of fun this way, isn't it?

Happy crocheting, Ana!

Jess

Thanks for the tip!