Okay weird question, but I've never knit with acrylic before except like a very tiny bit at the beginning of my knitting journey before I knew about blocking.
CAN you ever block acrylic? How does that work? The fibers are synthetic, so they don't do the relaxy thing that natural fibers do...
(I could google but would prefer real ppl help not AI, lolsob)
@MsHearthWitch@knitting when I was a total beginner, blocking (manipulating the object and stretching it and washing it) helped a bit with my wonky stitches... getting it a bit more even. But no magic changes on the finished object.
@MsHearthWitch@knitting It can really help with shape and sizing. (Caveat: my examples are for crochet.)
The square on top was steam blocked and the shape below is what it looks like without it.
At the time I was working on these, I just pinned them out and held a steaming iron over them. Now I have a clothes steamer and that works a real treat on larger items like shawls.
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