Hallo! Can yall recommend your favorite drying rack for small and large knit blankets?
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I just use the reg wooden drying racks that fold up. You can see them on amazon. You can lay the blanket across the top and the sides will hang over.
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okay thanks, the rods and part hanging over doesnt cause stretching/misshaping?
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If you need to block it, I would block it on the bed or a room so that you can block on the floor without someone (or a pet) needing to walk over it. I am generally putting baby blankets over the rack out of acrylic yarn, you really should block natural fibers. I have a spinning machine that I put it in that spins most of the water out so it drys pretty quickly. It’s from the Laundry-Alternative dot com (spelled it out not sure we can add links.) It’s called the Ninja 3200 RPM Portable Centrifugal Spin Dryer. I love mine. I use it to dry my jeans too when I have to hand wash them and it’s not laundry day (I live in an apt and go to a laundromat to do my laundry.)
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Oh what a great idea. Do you spin it in a mesh bag or just loose? Yes I just finished a wool blanket and I was worried about it keeping that wet wool scent. But I airdryed it outside on my back porch and then final dry on my warm floors LOL on blocking blocks. So much for me to learn beyond just the knitting itself! My latest blanket, it is a little lumpy (my first time doing intarsia) but I learned a lot.
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It’s more than a little adorable! Very nicely done and a treat to see.
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This is super! I remember you asking about this chart. What a great success!
Glad to hear you’ve managed to dry it.
I don’t make blankets myself but I’ve seen a few on beds drying out, you could put towels or blocking mats on the bed, also those mattress protector sheets (sold as flat or fitted) are basically just a thin waterproof sheet which would easily cover the bedding to protect from dampness and they fold away very small for storage. I’ve seen them (double and king) in the £ shop before so it doesn’t need to blow the budget.
Someone very lucky is going to be happy using this blanket.
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cute cat! Since there is no water coming into the spinner to cause felting, you don’t need to put it in a mesh bag. I put mine spinning machine in my dry bathtub so the water that is spun out going down the drain and not on my floor (or you can put a big bowl under the drain area on the centrifical spinner.)