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December 24, 2005
Cashmere woes and some yarn to make it better.
A little tight fitting...
I'm guessing that many of you knitting fans out there have a number of very special jumpers/knitted items that you love dearly and yet take a lot of care to look after. This is my lovely lacey Brora cashmere jumper, worn many, many times, 3 years old, originally bought in a sale... Yesterday I made that fatal mistake of not paying attention to what I was doing when I put the washing on. Oh woe, oh woe. I now have cashmere felt. Is there such a thing? I guess so. You can't see how small it is as the flash ran out of juice before I could put my hand by it- but it has shrunk so much that the lace is now indistinguishable and a 5 year old child might be able to wear it. So the question is, what do I do with it? Turn it into a bag? Make Blythe jumpers and coats out of it?
Any suggestions?
Quick, show some wool to make things better...
So to try and ease the suffering of those knittyphiles to whom the sight of felted cashmere causes uncontrollable shudders... My (small) haul from the Isle of Skye. Some hand-dyed and hand-spun kid mohair in the most glorious raspberry pink and petrol blue. Ah. I feel better already.
Posted by scumkitten at December 24, 2005 4:10 PM
Oh dear. That is sad.
Make it into a little bag or a purse.......?
Posted by: glittrgirl at December 26, 2005 9:55 PM
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