Well, I got the guts to try again on the tea stain. I soaked the sox in Biz one more time for 3 hours and there was no change in the tea color (although the soak water was a lovely turquoise). I dug through my laundry supplies that I never use… and I found a stain remover called Tech, that I got at one of those cool old-fashioned hardware stores that are dying out. In fact, this one has closed in the last year.

So I put Tech on the stain as directed (it says it gets out cola and coffee), let it stand for a few minutes, and then put it in the wash on hot for a long cycle. We will see, but I’m not too hopeful.

Mind you, if I were willing to run around town finding the two products most folks said helped them (Oxy Clean, Shout and fresh lemon juice), maybe I would have better luck. I just feel a little crazy running around spending money on what were supposed to be “bonus” sox made with leftover yarn.

I’ve been dyeing this weekend anyway. If the stain does not come out after the wash, I will overdye the pair in tea and then overdye again in my favorite turquoise dye. Why not? I might actually like them better overdyed than the original colors. I sure can wear them with more of my clothes if you can not see the spring green color popping through (I love that green, but I don’t have much in my closet that works with it).

Today I am enjoying an open front door, it is in the lower 60’s today. Birds are chirping and squirrels are running around with nuts, very happy. Brian and I walked to the diner in our neighborhood this morning , and it was lovely to not worry about staying warm on the walk.

I’ve been lazy today with a touch of a headache. I guess Sunday is a good day to nap, drink tea and read about knitting! Has anyone here read Nancy Bush’s Folk Knitting in Estonia? Wonderful book. I want to make Tiit’s Socks sometime.

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