T-Pins KnitPro for blocking lace garments (50 units)

The brand KnitPro offers this Pack of 50 T-Pins to help you for block your sewing pieces of knitting, crochet and lace-making. Made in satinless steel and covered with nickel.

To block a sewing piece is stretch it for achive that the weave is consistent and the stitches are homogeneous.

When you are knitting, the sewing piece stay shrunk. You need to stretch it.

If you never block a sewing piece, we explain you how to make it.

How do you block a sewing piece of knitting?

Ther are 3 ways to block: in wet, with vapour and with spray.

• To block in wet (ideal for synthetic materials) you should wash the garment in a container with water and softener.
  First of all, inspect the instructions for the washed of the yarn in the label of the ball.
  After, remove the humidity of the sewing piece and stretch it over a pillow. Hook the T-pins and left to dry...and it's done!

• To block with vapour (ideal for Cotton), you should dampen the garment using a vaporizer, stretch it giving the shape you want and hook the T-pins. Cover it with a towel and with the iron spray vapour.

• To block with spray (perfect for fines garments) is the easy way. With a spray, dampen a little the garment with tepid water. Stretch the sewing piece and stab it with the help of the T-pins. Left to dry it and done!

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