needle block station. someday i may invest in a real blocking station, but i always forget until i am ready to block and i don’t want to wait. the needles work fine for me. i just stretched the block nice and square and placed the needles in at an angle and then steam burst the block without actually touching the iron to the yarn. i let it cool a bit and then gently removed the block. i made sure to leave the needles in place so the next block would be the same size. i did this with all of the squares.
here is the difference between blocked and not blocked. 