I finished my shawl tonight, and I was determined to wear it tomorrow. But standard blocking would take too long. So I figured I'd try doing a pretty quick and dirty steam blocking.
First I measured the piece to make sure it didn't need significant stretching. The measurements came out to match the pattern dimensions, but the top edge is curled. On top of that the outside edges curled in opposite directions. In one case, the edge curled under, and in the other in curled over the work.
I decided I didn't want to work the top edge too much right away, but if I could get the other edges to lay flat, that would be great.
This was the result after less than ten minutes worth of work. In the future, I think I would pin the work to blocking mats to finish taking the correct shape. But very happy with this quick blocking method overall.
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