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by Katina in reply to dotty [2] [original] [3] on Sat, 06/03/2006 - 15:56

Hello Dotty

If your sweater has ribbing, it would be better not to stetch it out as cotton, unlike wool, has no memory, and once ribbed cotton is stetched it might not recover. Cotton can be wetblocked - sprayed with water and left to dry, which is the method I always use. Some prefer to block cotton by using a steam iron or a wet cloth and dry iron. Wet cotton is fairly fragile, so handle it carefully or the yarn might break if stretched too much. Blocking improves the look of the fabric by evening out the stitches; depending on the pattern stitch this can have quite a dramatic effect. Also remember that cotton garments can easily stetch out of shape, particularly if they have been very loosely knitted.

I don't know if this will help! Let us know how you get on.