Filed under: Blog posts | Tags: christmas gifts, crochet, disasters, smell, stench
Yesterday I crocheted a grocery bag as a Christmas gift for my son’s teacher. It’s simple (just some double crochet at a big gauge), but I like how it turned out.
The only problem? This bag stinks. I do not mean that it stinks visually or in terms of its construction. No, it REEKS. It is S-T-A-N-K-Y.
What does it smell like? Oh, I’m so glad you asked. The answer is VOMIT.
I noticed the stench when I started knitting with the yarn. I decided to muscle through it, taking shallow breaths, telling myself the smell would come out in the wash.
It didn’t.
I have washed this sucker three times in the strongest smelling detergent I have, and it still smells like the very last thing on earth that you would want to put your newly purchased produce into.
So. What to do with a crocheted bag that smells like vomit? Diaper pail liner? Donation to the Let’s Give Sarah Palin an Affordable Makeover Fund?
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Have you tried soaking it in a solution of white vinegar, borax or oxyclean and then washing it in regular detergent? I’ve had decent luck with the first 2, having experience with baby spit-up. Good luck. I hope you get the smell out and can give the present like you planned.
Comment by Sara December 7, 2008 @ 6:13 pm