Knitter's Block
BOXING WEEK SALE
Merry Christmas to you and your family! We're excited to announce our Boxing Week Sale will run from Thursday, December 26th at 8am EST until Tuesday, December 31st at 8pm EST and we will be offering 15% off all purchases - regular priced and sale items. The discount will apply to purchases made online and in the store.
Make sure you check out the Boxing Week page - there will be an addition discount on select items!
Our holiday hours for in store shopping will be:
- Friday December 27th 11am-4pm
- Saturday December 28th 11am-4pm
- Monday December 30th 11am-4pm
- Tuesday December 31st 11am-2pm
First-time blockers are always amazed by the difference blocking makes to the final appearance of their knitting. After blocking, sweater parts lay flat, stitches even out, and what looked like a wild mess now behaves nicely. It’s like magic! After 20 years of teaching knitting, I’ve never grown tired of instructing my students on finishing techniques. In fact, the technique of blocking is one of my favorite things to demonstrate. I used to demonstrate blocking with pieces of carpet, but carpet scorched easily and was too thin for blocking pins to sink into. Rugs, towels and bulky blocking boards weren’t much better. Many of my students didn’t bother to block because it was such a cumbersome task. With this in mind, I set out to improve on the carpet pieces. I eventually had special tiles custom made for blocking, and the end result is my Knitter’s Block Kit.
- 18 interlocking, fiber-topped EVA foam tiles, each measures 12" × 12" (tiles from the new kit are compatible with older Knitter's Block tiles)
- 40 stainless steel T-PINS
- 48" square cotton cloth woven with 1" square gingham to help measure your finished piece
- A sturdy jute bag to contain the kit
