This was the most notable of those:
Yep. Turquoise crayon.
The entire length of my bed.
Boy, did I do some hard thinking when I saw that. First, I carefully and surprisingly calmly explained to the baby (22 months old and talking up a storm) that we don't draw on mommy's bed. She was very quiet, and said "Oh". She's a sharp one . . . I'm guessing it's because she's always tagging along with her older siblings, and really stretches to interact with them. But anyway . . . back to thinking hard. This is literally what went through my mind:
Crayons are made of wax.
Wax is like grease.
I wonder if this will work . . .
And it did. The nylon mesh really helped work the crayon out of the cream cotton. It's a good thing it's high quality cotton tightly woven of durable yarn. It pilled a tiny bit, but it's not noticeable now that it's dry.
With significant elbow grease, this:
and this:
turned into this before fading completely:
You can see in the middle how it's pretty much gone. Thankfully, that's how all of it is now.Believe me . . . I'm seriously contemplating a multi-hued, darker bedspread. Yesterday. The kids love to play on my bed while I knit at my desk in there, and it would be nice to not worry about them dirtying my coverlet.
And so, one surprise down, one to go. ;o)
