Heather (superwash wool, silk and possibly nylon blend from Schaefer Yarns. There are 9 skeins within 4 feet of me,, but I am too lazy to go look at a label to check the exact content). Anyway, Heather seems to be machine washable, I repeat, machine washable!
I knit the cutest little swatch of all time, and washed it (in cold water, on a regular clothes cycle, but in a mesh laundry bag). It still looks fine and is the same size. Naturally, I didn't take any pictures.
This means I can machine wash the red socks I just finished (which I also haven't photographed). And the other 9 pairs of socks I'll have eventually. Yay! It will probably shorten their life somewhat, relative to carefully handwashed socks, but that's actually a good thing: it will save me from needing a larger sock drawer. And given the carefully configured storage situation, we would probably need to move in order for me to have a larger sock drawer.
(Also, I met someone at SnB who took a class that used a textbook my dad wrote. She loved the book, and even asked my dad to sign it at a conference. I'm fascinated by my dad's secret life as a professor, and wish I'd snuck into a big lecture he was teaching when I could reasonably have blended in with the undergrads. Now, the knitting would give me away immediately...)
2 comments:
machine washable definitely is a plus. I'll have to ask for some of those after I completed the swatches project... Do you like Heather or Anne better?
Machine wash is good, very good. (I sort of swore off socks that require hand washing).
What is your Dad's subject area?
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