Years before, when I was just a beginner crocheter, I never heard of blocking crochet.
In crochet world, blocking means shaping and moulding the crocheted piece to the accurate size and shape. I was thinking, it was hard and avoided blocking before.

I like the wet blocking and sometimes steam blocking.

The very first time, I used my iron box with steam setting to block. I was actually ironed the piece. Not a great idea. When I hold the iron box just above the crocheted piece and let the steam work on the pinned pice, it looked much better.

I never bothered to block when I used acrylic yarns. But, tried it once and now I do block all the pieces made of Red Heart super saver too.

I bought some interlocking floor mats from Walmart. It is very affordable to me. I use the pins from the Dollarama. That is super easy.

I use a spray bottle to spray water on the piece. Pin it on the form floor mats. Then forget about it for a day. The next day, they will be in their beautiful shape.

The picture is my pincushion made from a mitten. I think, I made it after seeing a video on Threadbanger. If anybody really wanted to make one, I can explain it later.
How do you block your crochet?

“The finer Edge” is a crochet pattern book by Kristin Omdahl. The book cover is very interesting. There are many patterns to browse…

The patterns are given in written and chart form. I was trying few edges. The patterns are not written very well. May be it is just me…I am not sure. But with the accompanying charts, it was fine for me to figure out how  to make them. I was interested in making the “Faux Overlapping MiniWheel motifs”. It is very interesting to create. After making a few wheels, I decided to go on my own. The scalloped edge is Bindu Designs. I made the interesting color splatter by holding two different color threads together to crochet. Remember I was showing the plastic flowers last year? The flowers were still in the same glass bottle:

Now with the new crocheted piece added to the bottle, it has a different look.

I cannot say I am fully satisfied with this one. The stems are still visible. That tells me I needed to do something more. I am letting my imagination to go wild to find new possibilities. Do you have any ideas?