Blocking 100% Silk

Silk doesn't block the way wool does. It has no memory and doesn't stretch much so don't expect blocking to make the FO magically bigger, because it won't. I toss silk in the washer (in a lingerie bag for knitted stuff) and the dryer as I prefer the softer hand such abuse produces.

It doesn't stretch, but it "grows" from the weight of the finished garment. I had to give the pullover I made myself to Goodwill as the short sleeves grew past my elbows, and the thing itself kept falling off my shoulders. You might want to consider hanging up what you've got, and recording how much it grows over the course of a few days.

Georgia

That's true. I don't knit much with pure silk so I had forgotten that silk tends to grow like cotton. Most of the silks I own are woven - blouses and trousers mostly. I've had a couple of pairs of trousers relined because I refuse to dry-clean silk and the nasty acetate linings shrink strangely while the silk just keeps on getting nicer with every wash.

Thanks, Wooly and Georgia.

Your input really helped.

Hesira