Several years ago I knitted this rug that sits in front of the kitchen sink. It began as a VERY long snake knitted from leftover yarn. I sewed the knitted strip around a large cotton cord. Then I stitched it into this oval. The stitching loosened in several places and  had become very soiled. I spent the next couple of nights re-attaching each row with carpet thread.

The yarn was polyester, but I didn’t know if it would survive a trip through an industrial washer at the laundromat. Finally, I threw caution to the wind and threw it in.

In less than an hour I had a clean, new-looking rug. It made it through in fine shape. Now, on to my over-loaded closets!