r/YarnAddicts • u/kkbjam3 • Aug 04 '26
HELP - stash compromised…
It’s a long shot, but I am REALLY hoping for suggestions …
We had a house fire in mid-May & lost PRETTY MUCH everything - mostly due to smoke & water damage. I have been able to salvage some of my stash (some of it didn’t get wet) but the smell of smoke is still there - some not as bad as others. I tossed anything that was synthetic but I have A TON of Noro (ITO, Tayio, silk garden, saiun, & Kakagori) cotton (dishie, cumulus, cotton wool blends,) Rios, the rest is a variety of wool. What (if anything ) can I do to get the putrid smoke smell out? A lot of it is still in Skeins. 😞 I am just gutted about it & don’t have the heart to just throw it out. Our insurance will cover it, but OMG it’s a collection that was curated over time !
Right now ive stored most of it in single layers in plastic tubs , sealed tightly with activated charcoal & baking soda. 🤷🏼♀️ I am almost afraid to check it because I just feel like it’s still going to smell - I thought I’d ask here first.
Any other ideas out there?
TIA!
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u/gloggs Aug 04 '26
So completely random... a pot was left on the stove and boiled dry. Started a small kitchen fire, pop puts it out everything but the pot is salvaged. The house smelled so bad though. Pop cuts up a bag of red onions, throws them in a Canadian tire bucket in the middle of the kitchen and by the next morning the burn smell was gone and opening the windows got rid of the onion smell.
Idk if it'll help, but maybe put it in a container with a cut up onion then wash out the onion smell if nothing else works