Sunday, January 04, 2009

Perils of charity shop kit Knitting

So, I did the swatch, washed and dried it. I calculated the changes I'd need to make to get the right shape.

I cast on for the back. I started the ribbing. I got to a bit that was hard to the touch, and seemed a bit thin. I wasn't quite sure what had caused it, but I knew I had to wash it, just in case my imagination came up with ideas I didn't want it to have. So I used a tiny bit of wool wash, and just very gently washed it, and teased out the hard bits, and dangled that small stretch over a radiator to dry.

Then I knitted past that place to the end of the row. Then I knitted the next row and horrors:
frayed yarn in knitting

The place where I'd washed it had come apart!

(I'm going to tink back to the beginning of the row, and restart from there.)
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3 comments:

  1. Kitty6:37 pm

    OH blimey - what a pain! You are good - I think I'd have binned it in frustration.

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  2. Penny11:48 pm

    I'm too much in love with it to bin it at the moment. The yarn feels all woolly (its 94% wool, 6% nylon) and it feels all soft and squidgy (but also slightly scratchy). The colours are really nice too.

    But I've still got my eye out for bad behaviour.

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  3. Anonymous10:50 am

    oh noes!
    is it worth unwinding all the balls into hanks, washing the hanks and drying them with a small weight on the end, to check they hold up OK?

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