I wear it a lot during the spring and fall. It's not really warm enough to wear in the heart of winter.
It was very enjoyable to make... a loosely spun merino single... very squooshy and I love the color, but it had become very pilly.
I started plucking it, but then I decided to try shaving it.
Which worked much better.
How do you keep your woolens looking polished?
Happy Fiber Arts Friday.
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*Looks down at favourite (slightly bobbly) jumper* I had never thought of shaving woollens! *reaches for razor*
Brookstone makes a wool shaver that is great. I use it on a number of my wool sweaters,
My mind is boggled. I had no ide you could do that. Cool!
Wow, you got a great result. That's a cute hat. Have a great weekend! I hope it's still raining there.
I would not have thought of the shaver either ... but of course, it's pretty much the same principle as "knit" shavers. It looks like a whole new hat!
I would've never thought of using a razor to shave woolen, I'd be too afraid of, what, tearing it apart? Come think of it, I'm not sure what I do with my sweaters. Sometimes I pick the little balls off, and they end up all over the house.
I use a little fabric shaver that I bought in the laundry section of Target. Works like a charm on all sorts of fabrics not just handknits.
Wow...what a difference a little shave makes. (if only, only, only I could convince all 3 of my 20something year old sons that a shave sure does look a whole lot better!)
Oh my gosh, you guys are making me laugh. I figured you all would be like , "Yea, we know that." ;-)
Didn't know that you could shave wool. Very interesting.
I never knew you could shave your woollens! Thanks for sharing, I've got a lot of shaving to do :P
hmmm, I don't think any of my hats or scarves have pilled like that...maybe it's the Alpaca content?
The razor is a great idea to use though.
KKnitpicks just sent me an ad for a "Jumbo shaver." Guess I shouldn't have deleted so fast!
Wow...what a difference! I know that others shave the 'hairy bits' from finished felt, but since I
'oh-so-love' a wild look, I've never tried it! Giggle.
Haven't tried anything yet, but I'm off to shave a scarf in one hot minute! thanks!
Ok, I admit to being slightly worried when I read the title of this post. What a cool way to ditch the pil! I have a hat that I may just try this on, thankyou! ;)
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