Blocking

Real fast, here's 3 articles about blocking from sources I love.

A good overall explanation of different techniques and fibers from
knitty.com:

http://www.knitty.com/issuewinter02/FEATdiyknitter.html

Something specifically concerning lace from Eunny Jang's blog:

http://www.eunnyjang.com/knit/2006/12/how_to_be_happy.html

Lots of great info (especially about why) from TECHknitter:

http://techknitting.blogspot.com/2008/03/why-block-hand-knits-heres-
why-and-how.html

Considering I have really only blocked one thing once (which involved
soaking a hat and letting it sit on Greg's head), I can't offer any
firsthand advice so hopefully these links will help.
I will be blocking a sweater coming up real soon and will probably photograph the process.