Dolphin’s Dock

Of course, the problem with 100% cotton sweaters that fit perfectly right out of the box, is that without special attention, they never fit perfectly again. So I’ve vowed to never let this sweater enter the dryer. Air drying takes time so I was concerned when I didn’t think to wash the sweater until, oh, around 9:30 last night. But I figured I’d give it a shot so I washed it, neglecting to put fabric softener in with the load (I only use liquid fabric softener on things that are not to be dried, otherwise I rely on dryer sheets). It was only after the load fished it’s wash cycle that I realized that I’d forgotten, so it was another time through the washer for that load (no detergent this time at least).

Taking the clothes out from the dryer the second time, yielded another surprise. We have a green towel that got somewhat damaged by Sigyn when she was a kitten, and now sheds terribly (the towel, not the cat). I don’t know why we haven’t thrown the thing out yet (again, the towel, not the cat), but somehow it ended up in the same load as my sweater. So, though my sweater was now soft, it was also covered in green fuzz! Of course, by that point it’s too late to hope that the sweater will be dry by this morning so I hang it up and am hoping that it will be dry by tonight. Further I’m hoping that, once dry, a lint roller will take off all the green fuzz.

To add final insult to injury, the rest of the clothes from the load made it into the dryer, but in all the fuss with the fuzz-covered sweater, the dryer never got cut on. So when I went down to get my jeans out this morning, I found a bunch of still wet, and likely soured, clothes laying in the dryer. Back to the wash for the third time!