The yarn is acrylic, I'm guessing Red Heart. Today I washed and dried the afghan and it's just as vibrant and non-pilled as ever. That is the good thing about acrylic. And after 25-30 years, it's sort of soft. But when I took it out of the machine, there was a hole. I didn't notice as I put it into the washer that I impaled the afghan on the center agitator post.
Any ideas for how to fix it? Just get some purple acrylic and go for it with a crochet hook or is there a better approach?
Oh- the baby sweater for my friends in Maryland is almost done. I was going to put the zipper in today when I realized I bought a non-separating zipper. So tomorrow I hope to get a separating zipper (in keeping with the cardigan style) and put this sweater in the mail!
(uh, yes, I did forget to do ribbing on the cuffs, how did you guess? the seed stitch was more fun)
3 comments:
Cute sweater. I hope you can fix the afghan ok, I have no idea how...
The sweater looks great! I've never put a zipper in a knitted garment...do a tutorial, if you have a chance to write it and take photos. I'd love to see how its done.
I don't know how to fix the afghan...I'd just take a crochet hook and work it as best I could until it looked good....:)
I would make a little mini granny square and sew it in there...I can help you.
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