Uploaded June 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Learn how to block straight and curved edges of lace projects using flexible blocking wires and T-pins. This video supports the Arnall-Culliford Knitwear book Something New to Learn About Lace. It features miniature versions of the Bithynica Shawl by Jen Arnall-Culliford and the Nissolia Shawl by Martina Behm.
Print and ebook options available from purlescence.com/Brochure/Patterns/Arnall-Culliford-Knitwear/Something-New-To-Learn-About-Lace (UK) and strickmich-shop.de/en/Jen-Arnall-Culliford-Something-New-to-Learn-About-Lace-BU3004EN (EU).
0:00 Introduction
0:14 Explanation of Blocking
0:38 Using Blocking Wires to Block a Triangle Shawl
1:14 Soaking the Shawl
1:40 Equipment needed
2:18 Threading the Blocking Wires
6:17 Pinning the Blocking Wires in Place
10:41 Blocking a Shawl with a Curved Edge
11:09 Soaking the Shawl
11:28 Threading the Blocking Wires
13:40 Pinning out the Straight Edge Wire
14:04 Stretching Out and Pinning the Curved Edge
Learn how to block straight and curved edges of lace projects using flexible blocking wires and T-pins. This video supports the Arnall-Culliford Knitwear book Something New to Learn About Lace. It features miniature versions of the Bithynica Shawl by Jen Arnall-Culliford and the Nissolia Shawl by Martina Behm.
Print and ebook options available from purlescence.com/Brochure/Patterns/Arnall-Culliford-Knitwear/Something-New-To-Learn-About-Lace (UK) and strickmich-shop.de/en/Jen-Arnall-Culliford-Something-New-to-Learn-About-Lace-BU3004EN (EU).
0:00 Introduction
0:14 Explanation of Blocking
0:38 Using Blocking Wires to Block a Triangle Shawl
1:14 Soaking the Shawl
1:40 Equipment needed
2:18 Threading the Blocking Wires
6:17 Pinning the Blocking Wires in Place
10:41 Blocking a Shawl with a Curved Edge
11:09 Soaking the Shawl
11:28 Threading the Blocking Wires
13:40 Pinning out the Straight Edge Wire
14:04 Stretching Out and Pinning the Curved Edge
