[crafty] progress with yarn
Mar. 1st, 2005 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snugglekittyI am about halfway done frogging my third sweater. I have hanked the pink yarn. And, for my major accomplishment today - I have washed the grey wool, and it is now drying and being un-kinked. I hope.
I have the wool hanging up on clothes hangers in the bathtub. I found that a can of food seemed to work the best for catching all of the threads of yarn evenly. So, three cans of taro paste are holding things in place. Now, I just need to wait for it to dry. Then, hopefully, it will be spiffy. If it is still kinked, I will then try steaming it, which was also suggested on one yarn recycling website I read - first, by running a hot shower while it's hanging up in the bathroom, and then, if that doesn't work, by steam-ironing it through a towel.
It doesn't really matter if it's a little wavy. But I'd just like to see how close I can get it to being new yarn again. For fun and curiosity.
(Postnote: The yarn is almost dry now. It's also looking much straighter than it was, although I imagine there will be some bounce-back once I remove the weights. This is working out great!)
I have the wool hanging up on clothes hangers in the bathtub. I found that a can of food seemed to work the best for catching all of the threads of yarn evenly. So, three cans of taro paste are holding things in place. Now, I just need to wait for it to dry. Then, hopefully, it will be spiffy. If it is still kinked, I will then try steaming it, which was also suggested on one yarn recycling website I read - first, by running a hot shower while it's hanging up in the bathroom, and then, if that doesn't work, by steam-ironing it through a towel.
It doesn't really matter if it's a little wavy. But I'd just like to see how close I can get it to being new yarn again. For fun and curiosity.
(Postnote: The yarn is almost dry now. It's also looking much straighter than it was, although I imagine there will be some bounce-back once I remove the weights. This is working out great!)
