Steam blocking is the last of the blocking techniques I know and use. It works best with wool yarns too delicate to get very wet. Although very similar to spray blocking, steam is used instead of water. Since it takes so much heat to get steam this technique should always be used with great care. If you want to be quite adventuresome with acrylic yarns you can use steam blocking sometimes referred to as "killing the yarn." The steam will literally breakdown the qualities of a stiff acrylic yarn and make the end product quite different. I have used this technique successfully in the past, but you have to be willing to take the risk because it is not precise; leave the steam hovering over an acrylic too long and it starts to melt it. Some suggest using a towel to help protect yarn during this process, but I find it takes far too long to get the knitting heated up if a towel is placed between the steam and yarn. If you do use an iron r...
Getting it together one stitch at a time.