another blocking question

[koolbreeze]

what do you lay your garments on to block?

[knitqueen]

I use a spare piece of carpet. It works great.

[koolbreeze]

so does it have to be something soft? i guess you have to to get the pins in... i have no clues as to what i can use..

[Ingrid]

I just use a padding of towels, usually.

[rebecca]

:D I use a spare bed, with towels on it, like Ingrid said...or the ironing board, depending upon what I'm blocking...oh, and hangers for socks

[cheesiesmom]

The sock blockers are very cool. So is the idea of a piece of carpet, especially since I got rid of my full-size ironing board about 1 year ago.

[knitqueen]

I find the piece of carpet great because the pins stay in really snug. I'd just pin my items right to my livingroom floor, if I didn't have a 2 and 4 year old running around

[nicolethegeek]

So far for my garments, I've just put them on the top of my drying rack. It's got a sweater-mesh type thingy on top, and I just shape the sweater on that, and leave it!