Easily Wash Your Yarn
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- čas přidán 25. 07. 2024
- This method of washing your yarn works great for handspun yarn, storebought yarn, any type of yarn! You will need: yarn wound into a skein, hot water, cold water, and soap. You will not need: anything to weight your skein! Just washing it is almost magic.
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Abby, you do such wonderful work. I love watching you and this video taught me a lot. Thanks for sharing.
That was so funny Abby😂 I did not know I could rough it up like that. Thanks
An Abby video and the Daytona 500 all in the same day! Thanks for the great info and now I will be a little more assertive when washing my yarn. I have been whacking my yarn on a firm surface and although satisfying emotionally it seems not necessary for the welfare of the yarn.
Thank you !!! For your expertise!!! :D
Thank you needed a review on washing my hand spun, last year I sent it unwashed, but this year I wanted to have it complete for her, it will be used in tapestry weaving .
You were wright to the information and kept it short, this was great as most of the videos do way too much talking. again thank you . If you are ever in PEI stop in and I will give you a nidy nody or diz as I make spinning accesorys .
Wow. This was much different than what I expected. Thank you very much for uploading this video. I just finished a new yarn on my spindle, so I am going to do this right away!
Thank you, Beverly! I'm curious, though: what was different from your expectations?
Going from hot to cold and not being extra gentle with it, just seemed contrary to what I have been seeing in other tutorials.
Beverly Tilton There is always more than one way to do anything yarn-related! There also aren't a lot of absolutes. But I agree with you that it seems like many people are apprehensive about washing yarn, which is why I decided to make this quick video about what I usually do by default. There are yarns I might handle more carefully, or even much more aggressively, but in those cases I will have specific reasons why. If I'm not sure what will happen to yarn when it gets wet, then I wash a small sample of it and see what happens.
Very very smart and ty! I thought agitating wool in hot water wld felt it but u didn’t tell us the fiber content so…
I have one of those tiny little electric 'washers' with an AWESOME 'spin' that'll get out 99% of water from a pair of blue jeans. They are completely dry hanging INSIDE overnight. QUESTION: Do you think it would be okay to use the spinner to remove excess water? (surely it wouldn't felt?) Love your video! Thanks. I had some inherited yarn on a spinning wheel bobbin or two and it really needs a 'bath'!
thanks for this! i got some yarn and it’s kinda dirty because it was left outside😬
Would using the washing method outlined in your excellent video be appropriate for recycled sweater yarns? Wools and (all/most??) wool blends? Thx ...
How would you suggest to wash a 55% polyester and 45% acrylic super bulky yarn?
Hi! Do you think this method would work for super bulky acrylic?
Aw! Amazing. But I was wondering, does your handspun felt, sometimes, while washing it so roughly?
I can honestly say I have never had even low-twist singles felt from washing like this, and I've washed a *lot* of yarn. Sometimes, there's an effect that's called "fulling," which is related to felting, but isn't really the same thing. But actually felting? Nope. Never!
But, that's also part of the point of washing a little more aggressively: I want to know that *now*, rather than after I've made something with the yarn! In general, I try to use a washing method that's how I want to handle an object made from the yarn, or a little more aggressive than how I'd handle the object, so I know what I can or can't do.
If I'm really in doubt about what will happen, and I don't want to risk an entire skein, then I will wash a small sample piece of it.
what if its wool or a yarn that says cool temp wash
All the yarns washed in this video are handspun wool or wool blends. It is important to wet finish your yarns if you don’t want finished object made from them to surprise you.
can you do this with a storebought bundle thats not in a hank? will it tangle?
I've only just started on my homespinning journey, and my suggestion is you should transform that bundle into a skein first and make sure it's tied in 3-5 places. Those ties are what will prevent tangling. You can transform a commercial yarn bundle into a skein by winding it around a niddy noddy, a swift, or even the back of a chair or your arm.
Can this work for 100% cashmere?
My porch is too small for the swinging method of drying 🫢
Will this work on cat pee