My yarn goes through constant recycling, when I run out of yarns, and need some more, any unfinished project gets frogged and used as is, curly and thin, which results in a smaller item. So a couple of days ago, I decided to restore my yarn.
We’ll go from this:
To this:
Much better. Let’s get started.
Step 1. You’ll want to unravel your yarn, and roll it up into a ball. Otherwise knots are inevitable.
Step 2. After you have done that, wind your yarn into a hank, to do this, loosely wrap around your elbow and thumb, or an object like a book, or even the back of a chair.
Step 3. Now we want to secure the yarn. Using yarn scraps, loosely tie 4-8 scraps around the hank. This is to ensure the yarn doesn’t tangle while soaking.
Step 4. The yarn is ready to be soaked, this what relaxes the yarn. Simply put the yarn in a bowl, and fill with warm water (I just used tap water), enough to completely cover the yarn, and let sit for about 20 minutes or longer depending on how much yarn you have.
Step 5. Drain the water, and carefully pat dry, we don’t want to it to frizz up.
Step 6. Last thing to do is to dry the yarn. You can air dry the yarn, but I just chose to machine dry it, just make sure your yarn can be machine dried.
That’s all there is to it, here’s what my yarn looked like after drying!
It’s not brand new, but its a whole lot better than it was before. Now your yarn is ready for another adventure!
If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment, I’ll be happy to help!
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Have you ever restored your yarn? Let me know in the comments!
Until next time!