I recently began knitting my first garment after about thirty years. It's nearly finished. I wanted to join two pieces and the pattern said ... press each piece under a wet cloth', I did this and thought the knitted pieces looked a bit thinner. Today I read the instructions on the balls of wool. They said 'never wet press this wool.' The wool is acrylic. Is it possible to recover in some way? If I wash it in soapy water would this be a good idea? Will it make any difference?
Thanks for the help if anyone can ...
Acrylic can melt when you iron it or over steam it. Generally with acrylic you just wash and dry. If you've "killed" the acrylic there is nothing you can do. I usually just wash and dry acrylic, but you might try washing it and laying it out flat to size and see if that helps.
Also.. Wool is an actual fiber so best to call it yarn and name the fiber. It can be confusing.
This may fall into the category of unplanned design feature. If it doesn't spring back with washing and drying (acrylics I use all go in the dryer) just say it's how you meant it to be. It might work.
Thanks for the replies. I guess it was part of the learning process. I will try washing and drying, but, I will then then say as suggested that it's how I meant it to be. It doesn't look that bad, just not as intended ...
If you wish to post a picture, we'd love to see.
Do read the label about whether to dry it in the dryer, I'd hate for you to put it in the dryer if it's not the right thing to do.
I haven't quite finished it yet. It's a gilet and because I was having trouble picking up stitches down the front to knit the border a friend at work who is a big knitter said knit the border seperately and sew on, which I did. The reason I (wrongly pressed the two front pieces, was to have them smoother to sew on the border. It looks okay though. I now have to knit the two armhole borders which I'm doing now. When I've done I'll post a picture. Despite the errors I'm pleased with what I've done ... first knitting in many years ...
The word gilet was new to me. You never quite know what knitting can teach you! I'm glad it all seems to be working out well. Your first experience knitting after many years should be good.
Instead of knitting the front band separately and sewing, next time you could try picking up stitches (like knitting along the edge) and knitting the band. Even if the edge curls, it's pretty easy to pick up in the stitches and you don't have to sew two pieces together.
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