Washing wool

[anon70548138]

I have very complicated relationship with 100% wool

I washed those socks. In the machine. Welp, lesson learned

[anon5108995]

If you want wool that can be washed, you have to look for “superwash” on the label
Alternately, you can use the default of 30% shrinkage and do math to size up your pattern to allow for felting
Or you can do a swatch and felt it then do math to get the exact shrinkage for your yarn and size to match… But it’s usually 30%

[Wendywo745]

Great advice, as always!

[anon70548138]

The thing is I made a swatch and washed it and it didn’t felt. I guess I washed the swatch and socks at different temperatures. Swatch was cold water wash, socks at least 30 thank you for the reminder about superwash yarn. I’ve got a pair of superwash yarn socks they stand through mahine washing just fine

[CraftyAuntG]

Bummer

[Frogfrog]

how are you this knowledgeable!!! !yku know completely random helpful stuff

[anon5108995]

[anoswaldoddity]

[f1r3girl]

what?! Did they shrink?!

[Wendywo745]

[anon70548138]

Yup, from a grown man’s size to a 4-5 year old kid’s

[anon5108995]

Yup that’s what felting does…
I could give the long smarty pants explanation for that