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That sounds like a good idea, plus the dye might still bleed a bit, too.
How exactly would I go about preshrinking it? Do I just soak it in really hot water for a few minutes and then let it drip dry? Should I leave it as it is or somehow unwind it and shrink it without getting it tangled in the process? I've never tried to preshrink yarn, so I wouldn't want to accidentally ruin it.
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Yup I'd leave it as is, just do really hot water. Don't agitate it too much or it will felt on you. I did rinse it pretty good once already in hot water and got quite a bit of dye out.
I've got it wound into a center pull ball so I'd just leave as is, making sure the hot soaks all the way in to the center.
Was thinking of trying to microwave it in a bowl of water ir something.
Maybe make your pattern a few stitches bigger if possible to allow for shrinkage at the end too.
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I got mine today, oh man that's gorgeous AJ. I'm not sure what I want to do with it yet. I could make a felted bag which is like my specialty but then you'd lose parts of the texture (it'd still show as gorgeous texture wise). Thank you so so much. Do you know about how many yards that is?
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Hmm do you know what grade of alpaca it is? There are several different ones. I've only used superfine and suri, which were both great to knit with, but I didn't spin them.
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