Easy Blocking With Spray Starch Tutorial
Have you ever made a small lacy motif like a snowflake or doily and were disappointed at how misshapen it turned out? These types of small projects need special blocking.
Wet blocking might pull it into shape, but its “lacy-ness” can benefit from using starch.
There are three types of starch: spray starch, liquid starch, and sugar starch. This tutorial will show you how to do the easiest — spray starch.
This tutorial is part of my Motif of the Month December 2013: Snowflake Motif video. I’ve excerpted it below so you can watch just the part about blocking or check out the photo tutorial in this post.
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What you’ll need:
- The project that needs to be blocked
- Spray Starch (found on the laundry detergent aisle)
- Blocking Boards (substitute with an ironing board or folded towel)
- Rust-free blocking pins (sewing pins work great)
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Step One
Get the project that needs blocking.
Step Two
Start by pinning the center of the project.
Step Three
Pin the points of your project out.
Step Four
Keep pinning every single spot that you want to be highlighted once it is blocked. You will use up tons of pins so keep lots on hand.
Step Five
Get your spray starch.
Step Six
Start spraying.
Step Seven
Keep spraying.
Step Eight
Let it dry completely. Unpin and enjoy!
What is your favorite way to block with starch? Let us know below. If you prefer to watch the full video on spray blocking you can check it out right here.
Video Tutorial
7 Comments
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Can a the project be washed after starching? Will the starch wash off?
Deja Jetmir
YOu can wash it, but it will need to be restarched after. 🙂
Julie
Thank you 👍
Andrie Kriticou
Thank you so much for this information. I am crocheting and I use glue dilluted with water until now but I am not very pleased with the result. Where can I get this spray because I looked and it does not say heavy starch is mostly for ironing are there any other brands you can suggest?
Thank you
Deja Jetmir
You can also use liquid starch, if you can’t find the spray kind. I believe the brand is called Sta-Flo.
Adeline
Does this work for acrylic projects?
crocheteverafter
Sure will, anything you need stiff, the spray starch will work on. 🙂