{"id":650,"date":"2005-09-20T08:07:00","date_gmt":"2005-09-20T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=650"},"modified":"2005-09-20T08:07:00","modified_gmt":"2005-09-20T12:07:00","slug":"decisions-decisions-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=650","title":{"rendered":"Decisions, decisions."},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, I do actually get orders for things besides Jayne hats. Right now, I’ve got a dinosaur hat<\/a> coming up in the queue. The one in the picture is made from Lamb’s Pride worsted, which is a blend of 85% wool and 15% mohair. It has to be handwashed cool, or it’ll shrink like crazy. Example: This is made with Lamb’s Pride worsted: Before<\/a> and after<\/a> a couple of washings. You can’t tell in picture two, but it’s sitting on a kid’s chair and is now about 9″X12″, tops. This was deliberate, but you can imagine if something made of this accidentally got tossed in with the laundry. Yikes.<\/p>\n

So here’s the dilemna. I’m pretty sure the guy buying the dinosaur hat is 16 years old. Possibly 15, but I think 16. I am really unsure about sending a hand-wash-only garment to a 16-year-old guy. I just *know* it’s going to get ruined. And while I am fine with the idea that once it leaves my hands, it is out of my control and no longer mine, I would just hate for this guy’s hat to get trashed by accident.<\/p>\n

He says he wants it to look like the one in the picture, earflaps and ties and all. I am toying with the idea of using a different wool, one that is superwash (meaning it can go into the washing machine). But it wouldn’t look exactly the same. The superwash wool has a couple of strands together, like this<\/a> while the Lamb’s Pride is a single, with one big strand like this.<\/a><\/p>\n

So do I keep it the same and just really hammer home the care instructions, or do I try to save him from himself?<\/p>\n

Opinions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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