Blocking a finished garment

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Noreen's Knit*che wrote:


Nooooooooo, for ME ironing is soothing....been doing it since age
8, first thing I ironed was Dad's hankie's and the pillowcases!
Now, I know an Author who finds cleaning the toilet soothing...
she was jailed during the McCarthy witchhunts, and when the
guards got angry with her, they'd make her clean commodes with a
toothbrush, and she got personal satisfaction out of it!


Talk about to see the positive side in everything! LOL

Noreen, ok, the iron is ready, when did you say you are arriving to my
place? :-)))

Hugs,

Anna Maria/ who HATES ironing


Anna Maria, I would LOVE to come and do your ironing!
Let's see, where DID I put my flying broom???
Hugs,
Noreen

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Noreen's Knit*che wrote:

Nooooooooo, for ME ironing is soothing....been doing it since age
8, first thing I ironed was Dad's hankie's and the pillowcases!


I did that too; iron his hankies and sew on his buttons. I felt really
proud that he trusted me, but discovered later it was because he hated
doing it himself.


LOL, splutter!
Hugs,
Noreen

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OMG, there must be something wrong with me. I hate ironing, but I do
iron my pillowcases. Always.
Ria

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:38:36 -0600, Noreen's Knit*che
wrote:

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I hadn't heard of a Wooly Board, I'll google that, thanks!

P.S. I iron my pillowcases too.

Okay, shades of the Twilight Zone, no doubt about it, Karen, we
ARE related.
I LOVE to iron, always said that if we ever had another 1929
great depression, I'd take in ironing!
doodoodoodoo, doodoodoodoo....
LOL,
Hugs,
Noreen

riavdv at pandora dot be

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Noreen er, it sounds like you need another break!!!!!!! IRONING ewwwww
yucky
You're scaring me!!!!!!!!!

Loads of hugs,
Melody
Nooooooooo, for ME ironing is soothing....been doing it since age
8, first thing I ironed was Dad's hankie's and the pillowcases!
Now, I know an Author who finds cleaning the toilet soothing...
she was jailed during the McCarthy witchhunts, and when the
guards got angry with her, they'd make her clean commodes with a
toothbrush, and she got personal satisfaction out of it!
LOL!
Hugs,
Noreen

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That's funny! I get the same feeling from washing the kitchen and bathroom
floors (vinyl flooring) -- by hand -- with a final vinegar rinse -- and
until I got a floor buffer last year, I would dry them with a chamois -- I
could get them to shine so much, they'd look like they were under water.
Since I started doing so much knitting and job searching, they only get done
like that maybe once every one or two weeks now. It's sort of a strange
stressbuster for me.

I think you're right, Mirjam. I just get so used to doing things the way I
think they're supposed to be done, or the way I've been told that they have
to be done, that it doesn't feel right if I don't! With thinner weight
yarns, and with pieces, I have gotten used to how blocking sort of smooths
out and normalizes my sometimes-very-uneven tension. But with that super
bulky yarn, it probably ISN'T really necessary -- it just feels like I
"should" or it's not done "right".

Karen in MN


"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
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Wait for the first time you need to wash it soak in luke warm water ,
let drip , roll in towels ,,,, voila you `blocking ` is done ,,, one
piece no seam sweaters REALLY DO NOT NEED blocking ...
mirjam
ps Michelle, i think it isn`t compulsive ,,, looks to me more that we
all were brought up with sets of DO and DON`TS , and they sort of
crawl into our minds and convince us that ,, "umless we do this or
that it isn`t ok !!!'

Why bother? If you are compulsive enough to block a top-down sweater,
find a Wooly Board, or make one.

Michelle
Who doesn't sew and doesn't block

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:34:19 -0600, "Karen"
wrote:

How do you block a finished garment that is already assembled?

I am used to blocking pieces before assembling. I know some knitters
don't
block, but I just have to -- otherwise for me, it feels sort of like
wearing
an unironed blouse. And I found with wool that it evens out the tension
and
shaping nicely.

I did a from-the-top-down, all-in-one-piece bulky pullover sweater out
of
Cascade Magnum. There was no assembly at all. But now I'm not sure how
to
block it.

I'm thinking do it like I would pieces, pin it to shape on a blocking
board
covered with a damp bath towel. But being assembled, I'm not sure how
I'd
pin it to shape, so that both front and back get blocked properly. It
also
seems like with two layers, top and bottom, of heavy wool, it would take
weeks to dry!

Any ideas?

Karen in MN

There's something about ironing cotton sheets and pillowcases that give them
some kind of finish and makes them feel not so rough or something. I don't
do the sheets anymore (my ex used to INSIST on that!) , but I still have to
do the pillowcases for some reason!

Karen in MN



"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
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The thing i LOVE about ironing is that it is one of the jobs with the
quickest results SEEN to the naked eye. I sit while ironing and listen
to a good program on the radio.
When kids were in the army , it was the Saturday Night job i did for
them ironing their Cleam washed uniforms. a way to hide some `warm`
love and care for them in their clothes. I Mangle my [cotton] sheets
,,,, But stoped ironing Tea towels , underwear etc,,, which i used to
do in Ancient times... My problem thought are those Non Iron [men]
shirts ,,, they NEED ironing as need most T shirts,,,,
So just make it into a neat fun time ,,,,
mirjam


Noreen er, it sounds like you need another break!!!!!!! IRONING ewwwww
yucky
You're scaring me!!!!!!!!!

Loads of hugs,
Melody


"Noreen's Knit*che" wrote in message
et...
In article ,
wrote..
I hadn't heard of a Wooly Board, I'll google that, thanks!

P.S. I iron my pillowcases too.

Okay, shades of the Twilight Zone, no doubt about it, Karen, we
ARE related.
I LOVE to iron, always said that if we ever had another 1929
great depression, I'd take in ironing!
doodoodoodoo, doodoodoodoo....
LOL,
Hugs,
Noreen

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STRIP *tease* to email me.

Wait for the first time you need to wash it soak in luke warm water ,
let drip , roll in towels ,,,, voila you `blocking ` is done ,,, one
piece no seam sweaters REALLY DO NOT NEED blocking ...
mirjam
ps Michelle, i think it isn`t compulsive ,,, looks to me more that we
all were brought up with sets of DO and DON`TS , and they sort of
crawl into our minds and convince us that ,, "umless we do this or
that it isn`t ok !!!'

Why bother? If you are compulsive enough to block a top-down sweater,
find a Wooly Board, or make one.

Michelle
Who doesn't sew and doesn't block

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 12:34:19 -0600, "Karen"
wrote:

How do you block a finished garment that is already assembled?

I am used to blocking pieces before assembling. I know some knitters don't
block, but I just have to -- otherwise for me, it feels sort of like wearing
an unironed blouse. And I found with wool that it evens out the tension and
shaping nicely.

I did a from-the-top-down, all-in-one-piece bulky pullover sweater out of
Cascade Magnum. There was no assembly at all. But now I'm not sure how to
block it.

I'm thinking do it like I would pieces, pin it to shape on a blocking board
covered with a damp bath towel. But being assembled, I'm not sure how I'd
pin it to shape, so that both front and back get blocked properly. It also
seems like with two layers, top and bottom, of heavy wool, it would take
weeks to dry!

Any ideas?

Karen in MN

The thing i LOVE about ironing is that it is one of the jobs with the
quickest results SEEN to the naked eye. I sit while ironing and listen
to a good program on the radio.
When kids were in the army , it was the Saturday Night job i did for
them ironing their Cleam washed uniforms. a way to hide some `warm`
love and care for them in their clothes. I Mangle my [cotton] sheets
,,,, But stoped ironing Tea towels , underwear etc,,, which i used to
do in Ancient times... My problem thought are those Non Iron [men]
shirts ,,, they NEED ironing as need most T shirts,,,,
So just make it into a neat fun time ,,,,
mirjam


Noreen er, it sounds like you need another break!!!!!!! IRONING ewwwww yucky
You're scaring me!!!!!!!!!

Loads of hugs,
Melody


"Noreen's Knit*che" wrote in message
et...
In article ,
wrote..
I hadn't heard of a Wooly Board, I'll google that, thanks!

P.S. I iron my pillowcases too.

Okay, shades of the Twilight Zone, no doubt about it, Karen, we
ARE related.
I LOVE to iron, always said that if we ever had another 1929
great depression, I'd take in ironing!
doodoodoodoo, doodoodoodoo....
LOL,
Hugs,
Noreen

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Cleaning toilets is best when you are angry with somebody ,, your
scrubbinng ability ,, grows ,,,
mirjam
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le.rogers.com,
wrote..

Noreen er, it sounds like you need another break!!!!!!! IRONING ewwwww yucky
You're scaring me!!!!!!!!!

Loads of hugs,
Melody
Nooooooooo, for ME ironing is soothing....been doing it since age
8, first thing I ironed was Dad's hankie's and the pillowcases!
Now, I know an Author who finds cleaning the toilet soothing...
she was jailed during the McCarthy witchhunts, and when the
guards got angry with her, they'd make her clean commodes with a
toothbrush, and she got personal satisfaction out of it!
LOL!
Hugs,
Noreen

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Mirjam,
I like to make bread when I am angry. Takes all of the anger out of me, and
the bread is excellent! g
Katherine

"Mirjam Bruck-Cohen" wrote in message
...
Cleaning toilets is best when you are angry with somebody ,, your
scrubbinng ability ,, grows ,,,
mirjam
In article
le.rogers.com,
wrote..

Noreen er, it sounds like you need another break!!!!!!! IRONING ewwwww
yucky
You're scaring me!!!!!!!!!

Loads of hugs,
Melody
Nooooooooo, for ME ironing is soothing....been doing it since age
8, first thing I ironed was Dad's hankie's and the pillowcases!
Now, I know an Author who finds cleaning the toilet soothing...
she was jailed during the McCarthy witchhunts, and when the
guards got angry with her, they'd make her clean commodes with a
toothbrush, and she got personal satisfaction out of it!
LOL!
Hugs,
Noreen

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