Sock Blocking & How to Soften Yarn!

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I’m blocking a pair of socks this afternoon and I thought I’d give you a peek into the process. This is a pair of no-purl Monkey socks that I made for my friend Eli (she loved the last pair of Monkeys I made, but they weren’t the right size for her).

The yarn is Knit Picks Hawthorne Speckle, which is absolutely beautiful yarn, but it’s not as soft as their Stroll yarn, which is my favorite… but, never fear, Beyond Soft is here!  Whenever I want to soften up yarn a bit, I will let the project soak in a sink of warm water plus one capful of this stuff for about 10 minutes.  Then you drain and lay flat to dry.  Voila!

You might spy some sock blockers in this picture too.  It’s actually pretty rare that I will use these to block socks (I usually just use them to take pretty pictures). There is always a risk that sock blockers can stretch out cuffs too much so I avoid using them, but, every now and then lace is just stubborn and you need a little help to open up the stitchwork.  That’s what happened here.