Well, I can’t really say that for sure because I have never beheld any other blocking boards, but from the ones I read about online, these ones seemed the best. I read accounts of boards arriving in the mail and knitters being shocked at just how large the boards actually are in real life. I must admit that even though I used a tape measure and measured it out on the floor of the cabin, I still was a little bit shocked at the amount of space on them.
The boards are called Sew-Ez Boards from Guardian, a table pad company in the US. I found a rave reviews for them on the Knitters Review Forum. They come in two sizes, the two I ordered are the larger ones, 51 X 33″ and the smaller ones are 27 X 21″. They have gridlines at 1″ and fold in half with handles for carrying. They weigh more than I thought they would and are more dense than I thought as well. I’m very very pleased with the quality.
The reason I ordered two large ones is that I want to be able to block long things (Muir) as well as entire sweaters. We’ll see if I can block an entire sweater at once when I have finished the Larry the Hero Sweater. For now, I will quench my blocking thirsts with Sarah’s Muir… when it isn’t 9pm at night.