tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621200061825230420.post8687654272514872762..comments2023-08-24T06:20:20.992-05:00Comments on Little House in the Prairie: Progress on our new back deckKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00015530056533102576noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621200061825230420.post-17373645061869367162009-07-21T10:04:53.886-05:002009-07-21T10:04:53.886-05:00Thank you for visiting, Trudy, and I'll defini...Thank you for visiting, Trudy, and I'll definitely second the "yea" for my helpful husband! I'm just so thankful to have a new deck after all these years. :-)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00015530056533102576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621200061825230420.post-77853374352842825222009-07-21T09:55:25.497-05:002009-07-21T09:55:25.497-05:00Thank you so much, Heather! It's nice to meet ...Thank you so much, Heather! It's nice to meet you, too! And I'm so glad for your help with this question! I'm going to try the method you described here for the wool that I'm planning to thrift from some sweaters in my stash. Thank you for visiting my blog as well. Have a great day! :-)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00015530056533102576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621200061825230420.post-28858121034929475282009-07-21T03:18:45.540-05:002009-07-21T03:18:45.540-05:00Yea for such a hardworking hubby and a new deck.Yea for such a hardworking hubby and a new deck.Trudyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649677045881448393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621200061825230420.post-38840065844062323142009-07-20T20:14:17.529-05:002009-07-20T20:14:17.529-05:00I forgot -- in case you didn't see this post, ...I forgot -- in case you didn't see this post, I did once post on recycled yarn: http://blackberryrambles.blogspot.com/2009/02/shopping-for-yarn-creatively.html<br /><br />i should do another post sometime with more details and photos.Heather L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09892693393383714339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1621200061825230420.post-77668911994943987742009-07-20T20:12:39.038-05:002009-07-20T20:12:39.038-05:00Hi Karen, Nice to meet you. :)
As for washing the...Hi Karen, Nice to meet you. :)<br /><br />As for washing the wool -- my sister (the expert) recommends taking apart the sweater first. I wind it into a ball as I unravel. Then, we wind the ball into a skein. We have a knitty-knotty to do this with. If you don't have one of those, I've used a piece of ply-wood and just wound the yarn around a piece that was, maybe 2 ft long. Then, you tie off the skein in several places to keep it from getting messed up when you wash it. You also make sure to tie the two ends so you can find them later. I wash the wool in the sink and then hang it outside to dry. My mistake this past week was not "weighting" the skeins to further help the kinks disappear. My sister uses sneakers which she ties together and then hangs at the bottom of the skein -- so only the laces are touching the wool. hope that helps!!! My sister stores the dried wool in the skeins and then rewinds it into balls when ready to use.Heather L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09892693393383714339noreply@blogger.com