[lace] pre-treating knitting wool was wool lace weight thread

2005-12-27 Thread lacespider
Hi Joy and all, I don't use wool myself, as I am allergic. Tragedy as there are so many yummy yarns out there! If you have a small enough amount of yarn, after the water soak, you could put the yarn in a salad spinner and spin a bunch of water out. I saw it on the show Knitty Gritty in DIY

[lace] Pre-treating knitting wool: was: wool lace weight thread

2005-12-23 Thread Joy Beeson
At 07:44 PM 12/21/05 -0800, suzy wrote: also what is the best way to preshrink wool? I wind my wool yarn into long, thin skeins and plunge them into hot water before knitting gloves, socks and sweaters. If the finished garments are washed carefully in cold water, they don't shrink. (That