https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blockingshrinking-a-stretched-out-cotton-sweater Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 01 May 2026 16:10:18 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blockingshrinking-a-stretched-out-cotton-sweater#post-741957 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:45:46 +0000 BethL 741957@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I've had success with Ceit's process, too, and I'd try that first. Try to get as much moisture out of your sweater as you can before blocking it. I use bath towels. Lay out the bath towel on a flat surface, place your sweater on top in a reasonable facsimile of its shape and roll up the towel with the sweater, like a jelly roll, starting from the bottom. When it's fully rolled, lean on it with your hands or roll the roll to get even more of the wetness out. Then, put your sweater on a flat surface where it can stay a day or two or so and smoosh it into shape with your hands. On the parts where it's badly misshapen, you want to do a heavy block, which is when you use the heel of your hand and your fingers to pull the fabric together, kind of like when you're shaping pizza dough if that makes any sense at all. </p> <p>If this doesn't work, you could try washing it, drying it partially in the dryer (on low), and then blocking it as above. The dryer may help set the fibers. Be careful doing it this way, though, as it could also shrink. Good luck! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blockingshrinking-a-stretched-out-cotton-sweater#post-741762 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 14:25:11 +0000 Anonymous 741762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have had luck with wetting it, gently pressing out the water and then shaping it and letting it dry flat. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/blockingshrinking-a-stretched-out-cotton-sweater#post-741695 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:06:03 +0000 Mander 741695@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I have a cotton cardigan that has become baggy and deformed, especially in the buttons and the band around the bottom. I'd like to try and wrestle it back into shape but I don't really know what I am doing when it comes to blocking knits. And I don't really want to shrink it everywhere, just the bits that are misshapen.</p> <p>Has anyone had any success with such an endeavor? How did you do it? </p>