Thursday, January 8, 2009

The Thrifting Gods Giveth...

...and taketh away.

I've been on the hunt for a wool hat and mittens set and was pretty excited to find one at Goodwill yesterday, right on top of the hat pile. It was a block of black with small snowflakes on top of a charcoal grey block, meaning it would match all of my coats (don't deviate much from the black-grey-white pallete).

Too bad I went on post-thrift laundry autopilot and just threw it all in the wash together.

I don't think it would even fit Violet now it's so shrunken, even after soaking it in solutions each of hair conditioner (wool is hair after all), borax, and mild soap. BOO.

3 comments:

  1. Reverse felting never, ever works. They're dead. :(

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  2. Maybe you could re-purpose it as a coin purse or a bowl. Or toss it in with the burn creams and I'll see if I can come up with something for you.

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  3. bummer dude. i'll keep my eyes peeled when I worship at the temple of Savers!

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