I was home all day yesterday with my 4yo ds because he has strep throat. He had a container of chocolate milk on the stand in the living room and he flung out his arms and accidently knocked the chocolate milk into my knitting bag. :crying:
I had the front of my tank top using Cascade Pima Silk that I was hoping to finish this weekend, and a sleeve for the sweater I’m making using knitpicks Vacation, and what may have been the start of a tubey using some silk haze yarn I got from numei.com
I washed everything as best as I could and it’s drying on the table, but I still just want to cry. I think the crystal palace bamboo needle in the black yarn is ruined. The finish isn’t smooth and shiny anymore. I was really careful when I was washing them, to not get the needle tips wet, but I think the bamboo one got chocolate milk on it.
Oh no, I’m so sorry! Not to jinx myself, but I’m sure an accident like that is somewhere in my future – two rambunctious boys and knitting are a dangerous combination!
I hope all of your WIPs and your needles can be salvaged!
On the needle, let it dry ALL the way first. Some of the wood fibers might swell when wet.
Once it’s GOOD and dry, through and through, get the super duper fine sandpaper and smooth it good, then rub it with some wax paper. It MIGHT save it.
you might knit a small swatch of each of the yarns and try different enzyme based cleaners to see if they tolerate them. You could even put some chocolate milk on a swatch and see what works. That way you are experimenting with a swatch, not your knitting and will know before completing the project if there is hope for getting out the chocolate stains, if there are any.
Well…the tank top is finally dry and I tried to knit some more on it, but all I can smell is spoiled milk. Guess I didn’t get it all off. I’m going to wash it again tonight and set it out to dry because the smell is horrible. The sleeve and the tubey seem ok. I think the Crystal Palace needle may be ok. It doesn’t seem quite as smooth and shiny as it was but definitely usable. I had to toss the canvas bag that I had the knitting in because I couldn’t get the chocolate stain out, but it was just a cheapie so I’m not too broken up about that. I sat down in the chair today and put my knitting bag (new canvas cheapie) down beside the chair and I was too freaked about my soda spilling that I had to move it!
You know, I’ve never knitted w/ white yarn b/c I’m terrified that something will get on it and now that you told us that story–I can totally see something like that happening to me!
I can’t get the smell out!! Help! It’s been washed and dried twice and it still smells. There are no stains, but it stinks. All I had was my regular laundry detergent, so I’m going to Walmart on my lunch break today to see if I can find something that might take the smell out. If all else fails, I guess I could wear one of those car air fresheners around my neck when I wear the tank top. :rofling:
I use the Great Value Oxy stain spray… it’s basically the same thing as Oxy-clean, but in the Wal-Mart generic brand. I’ve even gotten bug guts out of clothes with that stuff!
that spill happend on your knitting bag. Your projects look good thu. Good luck with them. :XX:
