Friendly Products Worsted Weight Blocking Wires - Set of 10

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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 it dries flat and true. This tube holds 10 worsted weight wires, a thicker stainless wire that stays straight under the weight of a wet sweater front or a heavy shawl.

It only takes a few T-pins along each wire to hold it. Run one up each side of a sweater piece and both edges dry to the same length. Wipe each wire with a soft cloth before you first use it, which takes off a little residue left from manufacturing.

For laceweight and fingering knits, the lace weight wires are the thinner set, 15 to a tube with a blue cap, so you can tell the two apart at a glance. Mats and pins are in Blocking Mats & Wires.