Blocking

[Ella-10]

When blocking what is the best way to begin--is it corners first?

[Granny Square]

What are you blocking?  Corners sounds like a blanket, maybe, or shawl?  What is it made of - if acrylic, it does not need blocking in my opinion.  Some people like to ruin the soft, squishy, stretchy yarny properties of acrylic by heat blocking/'Killing" it.  I am obviously one of those people.  Dampen it and lay flat to shape to dry should work fine.

The only thing I block, and aggressively, are lace doilies made with cotton doily thread items.  

 

[Granny Square]

Forgot to add, there are 'blocking wires' available for shawls or lace things with straight sides made of natural fiber, which helps to 'open up' the lace pattern of a large thing like a shawl.  But acrylic lacy items should block fine with the 'lay flat to shape and let dry' routine.

[Ella-10]

That's what I thought but I wanted to hear it from someone that knew. Thank you for your response.