http://savannahchik.com/2004/05/storage-of-wool-sweaters.htm savannahchik knits, sews, cooks Sun, 04 Oct 2015 16:52:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://savannahchik.com/2004/05/storage-of-wool-sweaters.htm/comment-page-1#comment-239 Sun, 09 May 2004 05:37:20 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/2004/05/storage-of-wool-sweaters/#comment-239 Hey, I saw your link on the Knitting Meetup page. I knit in Highland Park, just over the river from New Brunswick.
As for storing wool sweaters, I make room in my linen closet for my big Icelandic lopi sweater (knitted by someone in Iceland, not me). I put it in a pillowcase and just fold the thing over. I haven’t had any problems with the moths yet, but maybe I’ve just been lucky so far. Now that I think about it, I am going to take the thing out and refold to make it less likely that the little beasties can sneak in. I figure if I fold it right and let the sweater lay on top of what’s folded under, it should be pretty secure – probably as secure as a drawstring bag, which usually has a little bitty opening in the middle even when you pull it tight – because of the amount of fabric that you are drawing in.
I guess I could also knot the pillow case, or fold the length which isn’t holding the sweater into a narrow width and then clamp it with a big binder clip. Personally, I just don’t have money to buy special-purpose drawstring or zipper bags – and certainly no time to make them!
So are you from Savannah? I am from North Alabama, so I was just wondering.
Welcome to the land of no LYS!!!!
Oh yeah, I should let you know in case you want to go while it’s still the weekend, Glenmarle Woolworks in Princeton is having their May sale (which started a couple of days ago and ends the 12th), which they say will be big, up to 70% off. I am not going, because I spent the 2004 yarn budget back in January!! I have been to that shop a few times and I have found them not overly friendly and the prices seem high, but maybe not higher than a typical yarn store. They have good yarn, no bargain bin, and that’s about what I know about them. I can’t find their little sale postcard, but here’s their link: http://www.glenmarlewoolworks.com/ .
Well, that’s all for now! -melissa, aka “yarnthing”

]]> http://savannahchik.com/2004/05/storage-of-wool-sweaters.htm/comment-page-1#comment-238 Wed, 05 May 2004 14:21:54 +0000 http://savannahchik.com/2004/05/storage-of-wool-sweaters/#comment-238 I have read that bars of soap can deter moths. I think this came up on the knitlist. I sometimes freeze my sweaters for a day or so to potentially kill any beasties. The only moth problems I have ever had came from store bought sweaters stored with my handknits. I never do that anymore. We have a dry/finished basement. Most of my sweaters are down there.

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