"Lifeline" residue

Ok, I goofed. I desperately needed to put in a lifeline (having learned OH-SO-MANY-TIMES the hard way!)...but I didn't have cotton yarn at the time that was thin enough.I had been told that using cotton would minimize any discoloration. (I am using thin white cotton yarn on 4-0 needles for the main project itself). So I have a bit of residue in blue after pulling out the lifeline. Also, the yarn STILL wasn't as fine as what I knitted with, so the stitches are a bit bigger or something, I dunno---so you see a line where the 2 different lifelines were.

How can I fix this? This is a doll sweater I am giving away to a gal who has very specific ideas about what she wants for this outfit, and I don't want to disappoint her. Ugh. HELP!

I guess I'm too impulsive and just wanted to get along with this pattern that has dragged on too long already. Sigh.

Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT

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myswendy
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Have you scoured the thing out? If not, try that.

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Wooly

You mean, wash it? or scrub it? Still on the needles----not sure how to handle it when it comes off in a day or two....Afraid to scrub it...might abrade the stitches. Wendy

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myswendy

Cotton doesn't abrade much. Blocking cures a lot of problems. "Scour" in the context of knitting typically means "throw it in the basin with hot water and wash it out thoroughly".

Reply to
Wooly

Thanks! Will try that. :D

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myswendy

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