[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Blocking to measure

Fri Jun 4 01:42:52 UTC 2021

I just lay 2 blocks, one on top of the other like pages of a book.  I move the top block towards me just enough for the tabs to match up with the cut out gaps. Start opening the top page of your book, keeping the tabs and the cut out spaces lined up.  When the top page is laying  with the tabs & cut outs laying on top of each other, I then gently press the tabs down into the cut outs. When you finish, it will lay totally flat on the table.
Does that help?  If not, you can call me and we can work through it.
Smile!
Tammy 
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From: NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Vickie via NFB-Krafters-Korner
Sent: Thursday, June 3, 2021 5:39 PM
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Subject: Re: [NFB-Krafters-Korner] Blocking to measure

Hi Tammy,
Perhaps the problem is that I don't understand how the pieces fit together. Is there a nack to it? 
Vickie

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> On Jun 3, 2021, at 5:32 PM, Tammy Freitag via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Vicki,
> The pads have edges like puzzle pieces that lock together.  This lets you make a block as large as you need.
> I don't block acrylic projects but that is just me. 
> Smile!
> Tammy
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> Behalf Of Vickie London via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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> Hi,
> There must be an art to putting those little pieces together. I'll try again. When I first started knitting decades ago, I don't ever remember hearing the term blocking. I had heard that one didn't need to block acrylic yarn. Any opinions on whether or not that's true?
> VickieOn Jun 3, 2021 3:00 PM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Terry, the pads are 10 inches, maybe more, not counting the inny-outy 
>> bits that lock them together.
>> And you can fit them together in any configuration that suits what 
>> you're trying to block.  I think they're great.
>> Tracy
>> 
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>> Powers via NFB-Krafters-Korner
>> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2021 1:29 PM
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>> If the squares are only 8 inches, how can you measure a 10 inch 
>> square piece with only 1 block?
>> Also, does anyone else, like Joanns sell blocking squares? 
>> How many squares do you get? 
>> 
>> Terry
>> 
>> 
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>> Behalf Of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner
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>> 
>> Hi Yolanda. 
>> That's a good idea.  My pieces are supposed to be 8 inches, so not 
>> quite as big as the whole pad.
>> Tracy
>> 
>> 
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>> So, I am using the knit picks blocking pad. They have cut-outs to put 
>> together as a puzzle, but I am only using one square, and I want my 
>> squares to be ten inches so I have found the protrusions and cut-outs 
>> to define each corner and edge.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 6/3/21, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner 
>>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> I don't usually block to measure.  I block for shape, or to bring 
>>> out a lace pattern.  But now I'm making blanket squares, and it's 
>>> important they all come out the same size so I can sew them together 
>>> neatly.  So, I measured an
>>> 8x8 square on my blocking pad and stuck a blocking pin at each 
>>> corner of the square.  I'm leaving the pins in the pad for the 
>>> duration of the project.
>>> I
>>> lay the damp square inside the square and pin each corner so it 
>>> touches my marker pins, then pin the rest of the edges so they feel
>> straight. 
>>> 
>>> It seems to be working OK.  I just wondered what methods other people 
>>> use to block to measurements. 
>>> 
>>> Tracy 
>>> 
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