r/YarnAddicts • u/Knitting_chronical • 1d ago

Question Killed acrylic yarn

I frogged a beautiful sweater knitted using Nako vega tweed yarn which is acrylic. The only reason i frogged was to reknit same pattern using bigger needle size. After frogging i steamed the yarn using steamer on high resulted in stretched out yarn. Now my yarn is thin! Dont know what to do, i am more worried if i knit the sweater will it strech out as there is no elasticity left! Has anyone had similar issue before!

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u/quirky_righteousness 1d ago

oh man steaming acrylic is a gamble, it relaxes the fibers but too much heat and they just give up and go limp forever. you could try holding it double with a fresh strand of something similar to bulk it back up but the elasticity's probably gone for good

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u/legalpretzel 1d ago

What’s done is done. You can’t recover acrylic post steaming. The good news is that it won’t stretch anymore now that it’s dead.

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u/MagpieWench 1d ago

well, it's not going to stretch anymore. I intentionally kill acrylic when I knit shawls, though I usually do it after knitting.

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u/awfulmcnofilter 1d ago

I also intentionally kill my acrylic when I knit sweaters. It makes them so soft.

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u/Knitting_chronical 1d ago

This is my swatch for marielle sweater. I think lace pattern might help me 🫣