“Oh, see how wrinkled the yarn is!” she cried. “I guess it will look awful when it is used again!”
“No,” said the fairy, “it will not. Why, many a grown person has unraveled a whole sweater and used the yarn again.”
“I shouldn’t think used yarn would make anything very nice,” said Mary Frances.
“Yes, it does, if it is steamed.”
“Why, how can it be steamed?” asked the little girl, wondering.
“To steam the crinkles out of used yarn, lay it in a towel. Place the towel in a wire strainer or colander. Place the strainer for five minutes over a kettle of boiling water, but not touching the water. Let the yarn dry in the strainer with the towel open.”
“Isn’t that fine to know!” said Mary Frances. “Shall I go steam this?” She held up the pink yarn.
“No,” replied the fairy. “That has been ripped so soon after making that you will not have any trouble with it. Try, and see.”
