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surrealAmerican

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4. Unless you can figure out what it's made of, you should probably avoid the drier.

Reply to Jim Lane (Original post)

Sat Mar 26, 2016, 07:16 AM

Mar 2016

If there is a loose bit of yarn that you can cut off, you could test that.

When you burn a piece of yarn that is wool, it doesn't light up easily. It smells like burning hair and leaves only ash.
If the yarn is acrylic and you burn it, it lights easily and melts into a hard, black lump.

If it's wool, don't use the drier. If it's acrylic, you can use the drier on a low heat setting.

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Knitters, can you advise me about caring for an item? [View all] Jim Lane Mar 2016 OP

I think it depends a lot on the yarn, I imagine it was probably natural fibers? polly7 Mar 2016 #1

What size afghan is this? If it is acrylic yarn, you can put it in the dryer japple Mar 2016 #2

If the yarn is acrylic, WSSlover Dec 2019 #8

Does the afghan feel slightly scratchy? PADemD Mar 2016 #3

Unless you can figure out what it's made of, you should probably avoid the drier. surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #4

Is there a good yarn shop near you? SheilaT Mar 2016 #5

Speaking of yarn shops: WSSlover Dec 2019 #9

If you don't know what it's made of shanti Jun 2016 #6

If you can spot any woven in ends that you could pull partially out and clip Warpy Jul 2016 #7

Take it to the cleaners dem in texas Dec 2019 #10

Many ways to tell jbandsma Jul 2021 #11