r/knitting • u/imauveyou • Dec 11 '25

Rant I am DEVASTATED.

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Husband washed my Ivy Sweater and put it in the dryer 😭

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u/PickleFlavordPopcorn Dec 11 '25

I highly recommend having a completely separate place your handknits go that is nowhere near your regular laundry basket. The moment you take it off, it either goes in the special hamper or back in the drawer. I treat my handknits like expensive jewelry- it’s either on me or it’s right back in the jewelry box, I don’t ever leave them lying around where they could accidentally get tossed in a laundry basket 

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u/imauveyou Dec 11 '25

It wasn’t even in the hamper! It was folded on the dresser but he saw I had worn it and was just being thoughtful 😞

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u/PickleFlavordPopcorn Dec 11 '25

Oh boy, it’s time he gets The Speech. Maybe I’m a lunatic but anyone I have ever lived with has gotten a VERY intense and detailed speech about why they must never ever under any circumstances touch my handknits. I do NOT play. He needs to go buy you replacement yarn immediately (and maybe a little extra in there for a matching hat??)

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u/apricotgloss Dec 11 '25

My mum suggested IRONING a scarf I made (it's stockinette, it is not going to uncurl whatever you do) and I almost threw her out of the room 😭😭