stinky yarn

Good stuff. I should have specified it is acrylic. Just some Mary
Maxim stuff. I'll get some Febreeze so I can at least work with it
and then wash the finished products.

Thanks guys, I was worried that they were a waste of even the few
bucks I spent.

Now I hope Febreeze works on the pattern book too because that is ALSO
pretty stinky.

Oh, and the listing said nothing about non-smoking. I just never even
thought of it but I sure will from now on!

I did giggle at the felt clubs. I started thinking "what could I use
felt clubs for?" Hockey pucks? Door stops? Building a fire place?
The possibilities are limitless!

Thanks,
Laurie
Washougal, WA

"Laurie" wrote in message
om...
Good stuff. I should have specified it is acrylic. Just some Mary
Maxim stuff. I'll get some Febreeze so I can at least work with it
and then wash the finished products.

Thanks guys, I was worried that they were a waste of even the few
bucks I spent.

Now I hope Febreeze works on the pattern book too because that is ALSO
pretty stinky.

Oh, and the listing said nothing about non-smoking. I just never even
thought of it but I sure will from now on!

I did giggle at the felt clubs. I started thinking "what could I use
felt clubs for?" Hockey pucks? Door stops? Building a fire place?
The possibilities are limitless!

LOL I did a double take when I read this one. I had only just sent off my
mail talking about Febreeze )

I received a beautiful, 100% wool sweater from Ireland for my 7 year
old daughter. Problem is, it STINKS! It actually smells like the
sheep at the petting zoo. I've had it professionally dry cleaned and
it still smells awful. Someone recently suggested it may have been
made from untreated wool. Does this mean it was knit before the
lanolin was washed out of the yarn? Can anyone help me figure out how
to get rid of the odor without ruining the sweater. My daughter's
Barbie doesn't really need an Irish wool sweater[I had a bad
experience washing (and shrinking) a wool sweater in the past.] Please
help!

| On 11 Aug 2003 18:09:24 -0700, (brianster) wrote:

I received a beautiful, 100% wool sweater from Ireland for my 7 year
old daughter. Problem is, it STINKS! It actually smells like the
sheep at the petting zoo. I've had it professionally dry cleaned and
it still smells awful. Someone recently suggested it may have been
made from untreated wool. Does this mean it was knit before the
lanolin was washed out of the yarn? Can anyone help me figure out how
to get rid of the odor without ruining the sweater. My daughter's
Barbie doesn't really need an Irish wool sweater[I had a bad
experience washing (and shrinking) a wool sweater in the past.] Please
help!

Hand washing, NOT dry cleaning. Be gentle and be sure you don't run water
through the fabric or agitate it. Any dish liquid should do nicely. Don't
wring or twist, just gently squeeze out the soapy water. Then add a
teaspoon of hair conditioner to the final rinse water. Squeeze that out,
then roll it in a towel to blot out more water. Then lay it out flat on a
sweater screen or grid rack to dry with lots of air flow. If you don't have
such a thing, sweater screens are inexpensive at Target and Walmart and
well worth having. I would not dream of contaminating a good wool sweater
with dry cleaning chemicals. They don't get out odors all that well and
they do make wool brittle and yellow over time.


Helen "Halla" Fleischer,
Fantasy & Fiber Artist in Fairland, MD USA
http://home.covad.net/~drgandalf/halla/

I missed the beginning of this conversation. But one
thing I have learned about wool, from spinning classes,
is that the gender of the sheep has a LOT to do with it.

If the stinky yarn was made from a ram's wool, the smell
will never come out of it. Don't even bother. Give the
sweater to someone who doesn't mind the smell. To me, a
ram's wool ranks right up there with "wet dog". I run the
other way.

It has to do with hormones and pheromones. Some of us are
more sensitive to this than others. But I've learned from
spinning wool that I can sniff a ram's wool and I don't
like it.

Esther