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Mike · 03-30-2009, 12:00 AM

Acrylic will happily block with steam.
But you may not want to block cables and ribbing because blocking acrylic "kills" it so you would lose definition and bounce.

You also need to do a test swatch because some yarns shrink with steam.

03-30-2009, 12:00 AM	#4
Mike Working the Gusset Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: IL Posts: 1,312 Thanks: 77 Thanked 383 Times in 288 Posts	Acrylic will happily block with steam. But you may not want to block cables and ribbing because blocking acrylic "kills" it so you would lose definition and bounce. You also need to do a test swatch because some yarns shrink with steam. __________________ Petroleum based knitter, removing that nasty oil from the ground one skein at a time. YouTube channel