Friendly Products Lace Weight Blocking Wires - Set of 15

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Blocking wires give a knit a straight edge, and you don't need a pin at every stitch. Thread the wire through the edge of the wet piece, pin the wire to your mat, and the shawl dries flat and true. This tube holds 15 lace weight wires, thin enough to slide through laceweight and fingering stitches without stretching them.

It only takes a few T-pins along each wire to hold it. On a pointed edge, run the wire through the tip of each point and the points dry even. Wipe each wire with a soft cloth before you first use it, which takes off a little residue left from manufacturing.

For worsted and heavier knits, the worsted weight wires are the thicker set, 10 to a tube with a red cap, so you can tell the two apart at a glance. Mats and pins are in Blocking Mats & Wires.