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Blocking Guides - for Doilies and Snowflakes
Let it be known (as it pretty well is) that I am somewhat on the anal-retentive end of the spectrum when it comes to blocking doilies and snowflakes. I bought a big piece of foam insulation, and carved it into planks and squares, which I took a protractor, ruler, and sharpie pens to to create mathamatically exact blocking guides. I cover my boards with cling wrap, and pin away!
Since there are so many varieties of doilies and snowflakes out there - perfectly circular ones being my waterloo - I thought it would be helpful to have a set of patterns I could print out and put on my board as needed. And then I thought I might not be the only one that would find them useful.
So here are most of the ones I have thus far! Each one has hash marks evenly down each radius, and there is a version of each that has circular guides. Let me know if there is a type of guide you would be interested in having - I wouldn't mind whipping it up, and I probably will need it myself at some point.
Please note that I'm providing these guides free, but I retain the copyright. What does that mean? Don't try to sell them, or post them on your own site. Feel free to link here, however! Thumbnails are below - either save link destination, or click on an image and save.
 5 Point |  5 Point (Circular) |
 6 Point |  6 Point (Circular) |
 8 Point |  8 Point (Circular) |
 9 Point |  9 Point (Circular) |
 10 Point |  10 Point (Circular) |
 11 Point |  11 Point (Circular) |
 12 Point |  12 Point (Circular) |
 16 Point |  16 Point (Circular) |
 18 Point |  18 Point (Circular) |
 20 Point |  20 Point (Circular) |
 24 Point |  24 Point (Circular) |
posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 @ 12:50 AM
4 Comments:
Anna said...
GIRL!!!Wow!!! To make guides for blocking. I am lucky to sit down a actually BLOCK a doily...let alone use a guide. I wouldn't even know how to use such a thing. What a clever and ingenious idea. Thanks for sharing them with everyone. 9:22 AM
Haha :-) I know what you mean about finding the time to block, which is why I always end up with a stack of things to block at once. And then my daughter "helps". 2:32 PM
said...
Wonderful! I shall certainly make use of these. Will no longer need to use so much guess work when I block. 2:43 PM
Wow. Now that is a new level of seriousness about crochet. I actually am the exact opposite and use the softest drapiest thread I can find so that I don't have to block my doilies at all. I supposed I wouldn't be able to avoid it if I did snowflakes though. 10:57 AM
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