Soiled Knitting
Year Aunt /aisy, : : I have just completed knitting myself a dress, and now it is finished I notice a tragic thing. I knitted the front of the dress on bone needles, and having broken one, I knitted the back of the dress on steel needles. Now I find that the back
looks darker, and quite grubby-looking compared with the front. I wondered if you know of a way to overcome this little difficulty, as it does seem a shame after so many hours of hard work. I should be most grateful if you could answer this letter in The Listener. "Avonside." That so often happens when knitting is done on steel needles, and it is a great disappointment after all the work that has gone into it. However, I think we can make it much better for you. Lay the frock out on a towel, and sprinkle the back liberally with powdered chalk, which you can buy from the chemist. Roll it up in the towel and leave it for two or three days. Then shake it outit will take a bit of shaking to get the chalk all out-you could even beat it _wery lightly with a stick; and I think -you'll find then that the frock is the ~game colour both sides. This method is also very good when you have knitted white babies’ garments, for white knitting often gets grubby with handling. | |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 420, 11 July 1947, Page 22
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237Soiled Knitting New Zealand Listener, Volume 17, Issue 420, 11 July 1947, Page 22
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