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The CrochetandKnitting Newsletter Friday, November 17, 2006 To Subscribe and receive each new edition of the Newsletter sent to your Email Box, Click Here. Hello Everyone, Kathy from Florida sent me a great tip for making crocheted and knitted socks and slippers non-skid. This has been a big concern for a lot of crafters. Over the years I have received many emails asking how to do that. Myself, I don't find that socks or slippers make me slip, but they sure did on my grandson, and my husband says they do on him too. So I started using hot glue to make rows of "tread" on the bottom. It works, but when you wash them and put them in the dryer, the glue becomes sticky again and will stick onto the sides of the dryer, so it's best to dry them on a clothes line or hang them up inside. Here is the solution that Kathy found. I have her great tip posted on my site in the Crafts Tips section at http://crochetandknitting.com/crafttips.htm and I have included it below: My name is Kathy and I live in Florida. I’m an avid crocheter and I just wanted to let you know after searching and experimenting on handmade socks, I finally found the solution for all of us who knit and crochet socks. This is the answer to non-skid, non-slip coating for the bottom of yarned socks. It’s called Super-Grip and it is sold at Ace Hardware. It is a spray, so it’s extremely easy to use. Or you can go directly to their website and purchase the product. I bought some different small stencil sheets at Wal-mart and sprayed the Super-Grip for designs. So dots, lines and squares are good to use for stencil design. The only downfall is the product is only sold in clear, but I’ve already spoken with the manufacturer and they are considering adding colors in response. But clear is good. Another downfall is when I talked to tech support they said the product does wear off quickly after four or so washes. So I recommend spraying a few more times and let thoroughly dry. The recommended drying time is 8 hours. So two applications should do the trick. The other thing that somewhat works is Puffy Paint. It’s not as non-skid but it works ok too. You have a great website and I enjoy it. I’m a columnist for a local newspaper and I used to write the craft column. I now get to write about anything I want and I’m going to write about crafts for the holidays. Would you mind if I told my readers about your site? Let me know ASAP about that. Take care and I hope this was helpful. Thank you, Kathy! That was very helpful. (Note: Yes, I gave her permission to tell her readers about my site. :) )You can read some of Kathy's archived columns by clicking here. Have a great weekend! Sincerely,
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