Bodes Poorly
The universe hates me and wants me to die young. This is clear, because they have allowed an establishment called Sweetie Fry to open down the street from us. It started out as an ice cream and french fry place, which was quite dangerous enough. But now…now they’ve added a new and even more horrifyingly tempting item to their repertoire.
Have you heard of funnel cake fries? No. I hadn’t either. I knew about funnel cakes. And I knew about french fries. But I never knew about extruding funnel cake batter into french fry shaped pieces, dousing the whole thing in cinnamon and powdered sugar, and selling them to innocent bystanders. But the folks at Sweetie Fry did. Damn their cholesterol-drenched souls. When I drop dead of a heart attack at 34, we’ll know who to blame. But at least I’ll die happy.
And in knitting related news, today marked the ceremonial ‘first full load of socks’ washing machine event. During the summer we don’t go through woolly socks fast enough to fill an entire washer full (so I toss in other things that need special laundering to fill it up) . But now that it’s chilly, we’re accumulating them quick enough to give them their own unaccompanied trip through the washer. Which of course means trying to find spaces to hang several dozen pairs of socks to dry at once. Our basement looks a little funny.
Despite the “handwash” setting on my washer, I wash my socks by hand. I can set HOT pans on my granite countertop and put my china in my dishwasher. But, handknit socks in the washer….I’m trying to work up the courage. 🙂
Kat1e, you can totally use the handwash setting. I basically just set the washer on cold, no agitation, and leave the lid open. It fills and soaks. Then I let it spin dry, fill again to rinse, and spin dry again. No agitation, no disasters so far. I likely wouldn’t do it for a shawl or something, but for socks…totally.
And Catherine, you’re right, I do need a drying rack. The current ‘strewn all over’ approach is inefficient to say the least!
Collapsible drying racks are your friends. At least until your neighbors kill you off (ice cream and french fries, really?)
What kind of detergent do you use? I’ve been using the euclan, but am not sure how much a washer full might take?
I just use my regular washing soap, but in only a tiny amount. Some folks say this is a terrible idea (and I’m sure soak/euclan/woolwash would be even better), but I’ve never had a single problem.
It’s so totally that time of year. I just did my first washer load of socks today too.