tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post316377557200846378..comments2024-02-03T08:42:33.927-05:00Comments on Threads of a Tatting Goddess: Blocking BoardGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-47998416034372759122009-06-03T11:19:43.614-04:002009-06-03T11:19:43.614-04:00It sounds like many people use the clear plastic w...It sounds like many people use the clear plastic wrap. All I have is the press & seal, which wouldn't be appropriate. I tend to be all thumbs with plastic wrap, even the regular kind, but I think it would work well too.<br /><br />Ginabea - I hadn't heard of that product. It sounds sort of like hair conditioner - tames the snarls! And I've certainly had some tatting that acted Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-70746426639312844192009-06-03T09:10:21.172-04:002009-06-03T09:10:21.172-04:00Hi Gina, Thank you for the very descriptive post....Hi Gina, Thank you for the very descriptive post. I do the same thing, but I use plsatic wrap. But I think I like your idea better with the parchment paper.Carol Schockling Laweckihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00118585525880689940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-51023229416387001632009-06-03T05:17:52.468-04:002009-06-03T05:17:52.468-04:00I am LOVING the product Best Press by Mary Ellen c...I am LOVING the product Best Press by Mary Ellen company. I am working on a collar consisting of rings that was looking like an accordion until I started spraying each spoke with Best Press. You can watch as the tatting smooths out. I simply lay the tatting on a towel and saturate with Best Press and smooth with my fingers. This piece does not have many picots to straighten - but if it did, I gina Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01705189785680292975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-90099787178756313652009-06-02T23:45:03.482-04:002009-06-02T23:45:03.482-04:00Nice idea. Maybe I could use the lid of one of th...Nice idea. Maybe I could use the lid of one of those styrofoam coolers for one like that. <br />-KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-47985432677543769662009-06-02T23:37:06.832-04:002009-06-02T23:37:06.832-04:00What a very cool (FREE!!!) blocking board. I'v...What a very cool (FREE!!!) blocking board. I've always used bulletin boards that were on their way to the garbage and stuck a layer of saran wrap on it each time I blocked.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13569720420483740487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-79354497691145430612009-06-02T22:05:46.950-04:002009-06-02T22:05:46.950-04:00I've wondered what others used to block their ...I've wondered what others used to block their pieces on. I use a cork board that originally was for macramé. It has a cover with the horizontal and vertical lines one it, and started out covered in plastic. The paper with the markings is getting pretty messed up. (I took a macramé class when I was 16? I think - a long, long time ago!) I'm going to try the parchment paper like you tattrldyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749374085792405962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-82313016210596363912009-06-02T20:55:34.614-04:002009-06-02T20:55:34.614-04:00You have said all the essentials! I do not wrap m...You have said all the essentials! I do not wrap my styrofoam, just use it as it is, as I seldom starch my tatting and they are not symmetrical. But when I do occassionally starch them or need to use a template to block them, I simply use a clear plastic sheet in between the tatting and the stryofoam.Singtatterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403928354173634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-35111381859480549362009-06-02T19:23:24.055-04:002009-06-02T19:23:24.055-04:00Thank you for a great post Gina.
I do it slightl...Thank you for a great post Gina. <br /><br />I do it slightly different.<br />I wrap my board with clear clingwrap. Before wrapping it up totally, I slide a polar graph paper underneath the clingwrap. This polar graph have many concentric circles in it and many spokes or axis. I use the polar graph with the right number of axis according to what I am blocking - 12 axis for snowflakes, 10-axis Tat-a-Rendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15457269449603084653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-60659588789063569462009-06-02T18:12:07.129-04:002009-06-02T18:12:07.129-04:00Oh that's funny! LOL! I've seen other people's t...Oh that's funny! LOL! I've seen other people's tatting pinned but I don't know what it was on. I've never actually seen anybody else's.Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127914310809216760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5019762.post-60533337232783376382009-06-02T17:44:05.130-04:002009-06-02T17:44:05.130-04:00Wow, I think we must share a brain. If I were to ...Wow, I think we must share a brain. If I were to write a post about my blocking technique, this would be it -- to the letter. That is exactly what I do, right down to setting the blocking board by the heat vent!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02453558059674638805noreply@blogger.com