Comments on: are your sweaters ready for a new season? http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/ where people who love their homes click Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:18:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Angela M. http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/comment-page-1/#comment-13548 Angela M. Sun, 03 Dec 2006 10:48:31 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/#comment-13548 Hi Rosemary.... i worked on articel a couple years back on this. It comes down to gauge, yarn density, etc. It's the cheaper stuff, unfortunately, that pills. Hi Rosemary…. i worked on articel a couple years back on this. It comes down to gauge, yarn density, etc. It’s the cheaper stuff, unfortunately, that pills.

]]> By: rosemary blazek http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/comment-page-1/#comment-13525 rosemary blazek Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:41:09 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/#comment-13525 All i want to know is what kind of fabric to buy in a sweater so it does not "pill" ??????????? Please help me. Rosemary All i want to know is what kind of fabric to buy in a sweater so it does not “pill” ??????????? Please help me.

Rosemary

]]> By: miranda http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/comment-page-1/#comment-8316 miranda Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:14:44 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/#comment-8316 A nail file is a little ineffectual when it's an entire sweater, which is all too common with softer (shorter-staple, therefore more inclined to pill) fibers like merino wool and cashmere. There's a product called the Sweater Stone that will last for years that works pretty well, but I don't think it's for use on manmade fibers. It does make the surface a little fuzzy after the pills are removed. I've never had an electric sweater pill shaver that worked, so it is probably worth paying more than $5-10 for one. Most that are out there are flimsy li'l things. In general you should do the depilling as seldom as possible, because it does remove fibers from the sweater, eventually thinning those areas. (Can you tell I knit a lot?) A nail file is a little ineffectual when it’s an entire sweater, which is all too common with softer (shorter-staple, therefore more inclined to pill) fibers like merino wool and cashmere. There’s a product called the Sweater Stone that will last for years that works pretty well, but I don’t think it’s for use on manmade fibers. It does make the surface a little fuzzy after the pills are removed.

I’ve never had an electric sweater pill shaver that worked, so it is probably worth paying more than $5-10 for one. Most that are out there are flimsy li’l things.

In general you should do the depilling as seldom as possible, because it does remove fibers from the sweater, eventually thinning those areas.

(Can you tell I knit a lot?)

]]> By: kstyle http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/comment-page-1/#comment-8209 kstyle Fri, 20 Oct 2006 16:01:21 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/#comment-8209 I love this. Living in Oregon we have a lot of sewaters to take care of and I can never find a nail file when I need it. Love your blog will include in my "morning coffee visits". k I love this. Living in Oregon we have a lot of sewaters to take care of and I can never find a nail file when I need it. Love your blog will include in my “morning coffee visits”. k

]]> By: maria http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/comment-page-1/#comment-8207 maria Fri, 20 Oct 2006 15:23:26 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/10/20/are-your-sweaters-ready-for-a-new-season/#comment-8207 A nail file will work too! And it's a lot cheaper. :) A nail file will work too! And it’s a lot cheaper. :)

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