Comments on: Extreme Sweater Laundering http://www.cogknition.org/life/sweater_in_dryer/ I knit (and crochet! and sew!), therefore I blog. Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Yvonne http://www.cogknition.org/life/sweater_in_dryer/#comment-139 Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:04:57 +0000 http://www.cogknition.org/life/sweater_in_dryer/#comment-139 Part of the problem might be that the gauge of the sweater was really much too loose a gauge for the yarn. If you actually knit and wash at a proper gauge, you might not see so much growth in the finished garment.

But definitely watch out for some initial growth — Clara pointed it out in her review of Silkroad on KR

]]> By: Charity http://www.cogknition.org/life/sweater_in_dryer/#comment-138 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:38:21 +0000 http://www.cogknition.org/life/sweater_in_dryer/#comment-138 Yay! I am so pleased the sweater drama worked out! Rogue looks lovely, by the way. I don’t think I’ve seen it before. I wonder if all Jo Sharp Silkroad is like this – I’ve been thinking about the DK for a sweater for myself.

]]> By: lobstah http://www.cogknition.org/life/sweater_in_dryer/#comment-137 Mon, 14 Aug 2006 11:44:52 +0000 http://www.cogknition.org/life/sweater_in_dryer/#comment-137 Hooray, glad you were able to shrink it without ruining it (although I guess at that point, what did you have to lose?).
My handwashing sits around for weeks and months too.

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