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SheilaT

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5. Is there a good yarn shop near you?

Reply to Jim Lane (Original post)

Sun Mar 27, 2016, 12:02 AM

Mar 2016

Go there with it and ask them for advice. They will pretty much instantly know what kind of yarn it is and how you should care for it.

For what it's worth, my washer has a hand wash setting, and I'd probably put it in that, cold water of course, and then it can be tumbled dry.

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Knitters, can you advise me about caring for an item? [View all] Jim Lane Mar 2016 OP

I think it depends a lot on the yarn, I imagine it was probably natural fibers? polly7 Mar 2016 #1

What size afghan is this? If it is acrylic yarn, you can put it in the dryer japple Mar 2016 #2

If the yarn is acrylic, WSSlover Dec 2019 #8

Does the afghan feel slightly scratchy? PADemD Mar 2016 #3

Unless you can figure out what it's made of, you should probably avoid the drier. surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #4

Is there a good yarn shop near you? SheilaT Mar 2016 #5

Speaking of yarn shops: WSSlover Dec 2019 #9

If you don't know what it's made of shanti Jun 2016 #6

If you can spot any woven in ends that you could pull partially out and clip Warpy Jul 2016 #7

Take it to the cleaners dem in texas Dec 2019 #10

Many ways to tell jbandsma Jul 2021 #11