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Laura Ridenour
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Fringes--how to wash knitwear so the fringes don't get tangled
by TECHknitter
Laura RidenourI can think of a few people who could use this tip.
Say you have a scarf or other knitted item with a fringe (tassel-style or continuous-style), and the item needs to be washed. How do you protect the fringe while washing?
Here are several tricks:
If the fringe-strands are long enough, protect them from tangling by tying them in one or more loose overhand knot(s). After washing and drying, undo the knot(s).
If the fringe is too short to tie in a knot, snap a hair-tie around the fringe. If the item is wide, make several hair-tie bundles, side by side, as shown below.
No hair ties handy? Bundle the fringe using scrap yarn, instead. If the fringe is super-long, tie the bundles together in a couple of places along their length.
After knotting or bundling, the yarn of the fringe might have a kink where it was tied, especially if it was tied tightly. Lay the fringe on the ironing board and LIGHTLY steam the kinks out. In other words, hold the steaming iron ABOVE the fringes, steaming until they are damp and hot. Pat flat. Do not actually iron the fringe. If working with acrylic, steam very sparingly or the texture of the yarn will change.
Here's another alternative: instead of fussing around before washing, just wash and dry however you like. At the end, re-wet the fringe and slap the strands against the side of the tub. Smack the fringe hard enough and the wet strands--whether they make up a tassel-style or continuous-style fringe--will magically untangle.
In addition to any of the above alternatives, you might like to consider knotting off the end of each strand in the fringe with an simple overhand (granny) knot. This prevents the strands from un-plying during washing or drying (or wearing). Knotting ends is a wonderful occupation during a dull lecture, boring meeting or any kind of bus ride.
One final option: you can make fringes nearly tangle-proof by tying them off into knotted patterns along their length, as shown below. If your fringe is continuous, the first row of tying is used to knot up tassel-style bundles of fringe. Once the fringe is tassel-ated, the knotted pattern is worked as per the illustration.
To further research knotting/tying patterns, type the term "macrame fringe" into your browser's search window. You'll get a wide variety of quite lovely fringe options, some an art form in themselves.
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Next post: On Monday, November 5, a new pattern for "Swing scarves" is coming, priced $3.50. Swing scarves are made of I-cord. If you have an I-cord mill, you can make a swing scarf in an afternoon. Swing scarves are particularly wonderful for using that skein of hand-painted sock yarn which looks so beautiful in the skein, butlooks like clown barf does not live up to its potential when you try to actually knit it. That skein (maybe you have one like that?) is simply begging to be knit into a swing scarf. Stay tuned for more details.
PS: They're called swing scarves because when you walk, they swing--little weights hang at the bottom of each I-cord.
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'til next time
--TK
You've been reading TECHknitting blog on "washing a scarf with fringes."
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| Scarf with tassel-style fringe |
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| Scarf with continuous-style fringe |
Here are several tricks:
If the fringe-strands are long enough, protect them from tangling by tying them in one or more loose overhand knot(s). After washing and drying, undo the knot(s).
If the fringe is too short to tie in a knot, snap a hair-tie around the fringe. If the item is wide, make several hair-tie bundles, side by side, as shown below.
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Before washing, snap fringe into bundles with hair ties (this works for continuous-style fringe, also) |
After knotting or bundling, the yarn of the fringe might have a kink where it was tied, especially if it was tied tightly. Lay the fringe on the ironing board and LIGHTLY steam the kinks out. In other words, hold the steaming iron ABOVE the fringes, steaming until they are damp and hot. Pat flat. Do not actually iron the fringe. If working with acrylic, steam very sparingly or the texture of the yarn will change.
Here's another alternative: instead of fussing around before washing, just wash and dry however you like. At the end, re-wet the fringe and slap the strands against the side of the tub. Smack the fringe hard enough and the wet strands--whether they make up a tassel-style or continuous-style fringe--will magically untangle.
In addition to any of the above alternatives, you might like to consider knotting off the end of each strand in the fringe with an simple overhand (granny) knot. This prevents the strands from un-plying during washing or drying (or wearing). Knotting ends is a wonderful occupation during a dull lecture, boring meeting or any kind of bus ride.
One final option: you can make fringes nearly tangle-proof by tying them off into knotted patterns along their length, as shown below. If your fringe is continuous, the first row of tying is used to knot up tassel-style bundles of fringe. Once the fringe is tassel-ated, the knotted pattern is worked as per the illustration.
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| Fringe tied into knotted patterns |
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Next post: On Monday, November 5, a new pattern for "Swing scarves" is coming, priced $3.50. Swing scarves are made of I-cord. If you have an I-cord mill, you can make a swing scarf in an afternoon. Swing scarves are particularly wonderful for using that skein of hand-painted sock yarn which looks so beautiful in the skein, but
PS: They're called swing scarves because when you walk, they swing--little weights hang at the bottom of each I-cord.
* * *
'til next time
--TK
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