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Oct. 19th, 2005 04:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valancystirlingConfession: I love to knit with wool, but I hate washing what I make. This often means I don't even WEAR what I make.
I just washed the small pile of woolly baby things I've made this year. Threw it all in the bathtub with some wool wash, let it soak, then went to lay it out to dry. All the tiny little hats I made? Not so tiny anymore. The undyed diaper cover? Slightly dyed. I think I need to get a clue. It's all set out to dry now, but I don't have great hopes that it will all come out right. I have no idea how to not stretch things out. I don't wring, I barely squeeze the water out, just enough so it doesn't get weighed down, and lay things flat on a towel. What am I doing wrong???
I lost track of how many loads of laundry got done today. All my unbleached flat diapers (2 dozen) got washed FIVE TIMES as per instructions, one load of baby clothes, one load of towels/baby washcloths, one load of Jake's clothes, one load of my clothes/whatever was left. Okay, so that's nine loads. Good way to blow $20 without even trying.
I only washed the 0-3 month size baby clothes and all the receiving blankets (10). The rest can wait. The fitted diapers and dyed prefolds can also wait.
Laundry posts are so exciting, aren't they?
Just got an email back from Grainne, after not hearing from her in months. Threatening to come out here around Christmas, and I would be thrilled to see her. She generally only comes over once a year, and I've been feeling like it's about time she got here. Also, would love a legitimate reason to drive down to NY at this time of year. Driving through the Catskills is always nice.
I just washed the small pile of woolly baby things I've made this year. Threw it all in the bathtub with some wool wash, let it soak, then went to lay it out to dry. All the tiny little hats I made? Not so tiny anymore. The undyed diaper cover? Slightly dyed. I think I need to get a clue. It's all set out to dry now, but I don't have great hopes that it will all come out right. I have no idea how to not stretch things out. I don't wring, I barely squeeze the water out, just enough so it doesn't get weighed down, and lay things flat on a towel. What am I doing wrong???
I lost track of how many loads of laundry got done today. All my unbleached flat diapers (2 dozen) got washed FIVE TIMES as per instructions, one load of baby clothes, one load of towels/baby washcloths, one load of Jake's clothes, one load of my clothes/whatever was left. Okay, so that's nine loads. Good way to blow $20 without even trying.
I only washed the 0-3 month size baby clothes and all the receiving blankets (10). The rest can wait. The fitted diapers and dyed prefolds can also wait.
Laundry posts are so exciting, aren't they?
Just got an email back from Grainne, after not hearing from her in months. Threatening to come out here around Christmas, and I would be thrilled to see her. She generally only comes over once a year, and I've been feeling like it's about time she got here. Also, would love a legitimate reason to drive down to NY at this time of year. Driving through the Catskills is always nice.
