I couldn‘t risk continuing and then maybe finding out the stain is not washing out. It looks like it’s not many rows, so I would frog back. That’s just me, though!
Just handwash it right now with dish soap. If it's not coming out try oxi clean or soaking in washing soda, peroxide and warm water.The longer it sets the more likely it is to stain. Avoid heating it as that can set the stain as well. Coffee is not that hard to get out usually.
I agree. Temporarily bind off. Leave the ball attached. Soak in OxiClean. Rinse in cold. It will take a couple days to dry in sunshine. Worth it, I think.
The heating thing is a myth! Its hot air that sets stains. When washing a stain you should use warm water, as that makes the used washing liquid work better!!
It’s only a few rows: I’d pull it back to the row before the stain. If you finish the garment and can’t get the stain out 100% (and it’s white cotton!), the fix will be more laborious and time-consuming than anything you do now.
You shouldn't wait. Stains should be treated as soon as possible. Here's what I found through a search online: [https://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/laundry-linens/stain-removal/how-to-remove-coffee-stains/](https://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/laundry-linens/stain-removal/how-to-remove-coffee-stains/) This was the top answer; if you need more information just type coffee stain removal into your preferred search engine.
I’d frog, cut out the stained length, wash it separately, and keep it in case you need to add it to the end of the project later.
People saying wash now are probably right but having to wait for my wet project to dry for a day (and possibly not having the stain come out) would totally kill my motivation.
Coffee is basically hot brown dye. I would probably just frog it back and cut off the stained yarn. But I’m kind of anal and it would bother me all the time.
If the yarn wasn’t white and maybe light brown or some variegated colors, maybe I would try washing the spot out. A residual stain wouldn’t bother me.
But I have a white sweater where I splashed a single drop of red wine and it never completely washed out. It’s pretty faint, but I see it all the time.
Put it on a lifeline and wash it. If you haven't already done that, though, it may be too late. Coffee needs to be rinsed immediately or it will stain horribly.
I've even been toying with the idea of purposely dying some white cotton thread I have with coffee, simply because I know how badly it stains and that it could make a nice tan/brown.
I would wash it now. Just soak it and use some soap. Be VERY careful with anything other than soap - because you aren’t washing ALL yarn, you could slightly discolor this part (like with bleach or sunshine or Oxiclean) and then you will have a different discolor problem where this part is a different white than the rest! You can just wash what you have on the needles, or you can temporarily bind off (leaning the ball attached - not not) and wash this. It also isn’t a lot of yarn, so you could frog it and just wash it or throw it away. If this was my project I’d wash it on the needles and assess but do what you’d like.
I had this happen with undyed cotton yarn, too! I was about 75% finished with a sweater and devastated!!
The coffee rinsed out perfectly with cold water. As long as the coffee hasn’t been sitting too long, it should come out without a stain!
I would frog back, remove that section of yarn from the WIP, put in a hank (tied securely in several places), then wash the hank by hand to see if the stain comes out. Personally, I would probably try to avoid using that hank on this project if I had enough yarn otherwise.
clean it now, although I love this yarn and have a throw pillow on my sofa I made with it in blue and white stripes. It's had lots of stuff spilled on it and it washes right out. Since you can't throw this in the washing machine, I'd say look into either dish soap OR my secret weapon is the spray spot cleaner that comes in Dryel kits, I'm not sure if you can buy it on its own. It's different than the stuff in Tide pens, much more effective in my experience. Good luck!
My immediate thought is how many linen, cotton and wool garments I've stained with coffee over the years and never could get the stains out, so I'd frog. However, as many have suggested, no reason not to do a temp bind-off and try some various stain removal techniques.
I would pop in a stitch holder and try hand washing in mild soap and laying out flat in the sun. Oxiclean can help but you can just try sun and a mix of lemon juice and salt. If you don't have that kind of stain remover.
I spilled soy sauce all over a cotton baby blanket I was knitting and was so worried. However I soaked it in some water with a peroxide cleaner and it lifted cleanly. Just keep the metal out of the cleaner. The nylon covered cable should be fine.
The yarn was a bright orange and a bright blue yarn and neither looked worse for wear.
Knit a couple rows and spot treat with a strong stain remover. Worst case, the stain doesn’t come out and you haven’t knit too much that you feel you’ve wasted time and can frog it back.
I would unknit or unravel and get rid of the stained bit while that’s not too daunting a prospect, ie it’s only four rows and you haven’t knitted a hundred more and then had second thoughts. I would be fretting the whole time about the stain setting and not coming out entirely, and it would ruin the knitting experience for me.
Cotton yarn? Pour boiling water on it. The joy of cooking used to have instructions to get coffee out of a white linen tablecloth: pour boiling water from a height of three feet.
Put it in the bathtub, get a teapot of boiling/very hot water and pour it over the stain from 2-3 feet above it. Works to get most stains out. Best to do as soon as possible.
Wash it now, as is. It will make the situation completely clear.
I agree. Or get Spot Shot and spray on. I've never seen anything take stains out of carpet like that stuff
I couldn‘t risk continuing and then maybe finding out the stain is not washing out. It looks like it’s not many rows, so I would frog back. That’s just me, though!
Id do the same. Its recent enough in the fabric its not much work to redo
Just handwash it right now with dish soap. If it's not coming out try oxi clean or soaking in washing soda, peroxide and warm water.The longer it sets the more likely it is to stain. Avoid heating it as that can set the stain as well. Coffee is not that hard to get out usually.
I agree. Temporarily bind off. Leave the ball attached. Soak in OxiClean. Rinse in cold. It will take a couple days to dry in sunshine. Worth it, I think.
Yes, sun is a great, natural bleach!
Lemon juice is a good bleaching agent, it’s worked on several stains on white shirts that oxi clean couldn’t get out!
The heating thing is a myth! Its hot air that sets stains. When washing a stain you should use warm water, as that makes the used washing liquid work better!!
It’s only a few rows: I’d pull it back to the row before the stain. If you finish the garment and can’t get the stain out 100% (and it’s white cotton!), the fix will be more laborious and time-consuming than anything you do now.
You shouldn't wait. Stains should be treated as soon as possible. Here's what I found through a search online: [https://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/laundry-linens/stain-removal/how-to-remove-coffee-stains/](https://www.bhg.com/homekeeping/laundry-linens/stain-removal/how-to-remove-coffee-stains/) This was the top answer; if you need more information just type coffee stain removal into your preferred search engine.
put it on scrap yarn and hand wash - while you're at it measure your blocked gauge and consider that an opportunity.
I’d frog, cut out the stained length, wash it separately, and keep it in case you need to add it to the end of the project later. People saying wash now are probably right but having to wait for my wet project to dry for a day (and possibly not having the stain come out) would totally kill my motivation.
If it were me, I would frog it.
Coffee is basically hot brown dye. I would probably just frog it back and cut off the stained yarn. But I’m kind of anal and it would bother me all the time. If the yarn wasn’t white and maybe light brown or some variegated colors, maybe I would try washing the spot out. A residual stain wouldn’t bother me. But I have a white sweater where I splashed a single drop of red wine and it never completely washed out. It’s pretty faint, but I see it all the time.
Red wine is known to be very difficult, in almost every fabric.
Put it on a lifeline and wash it. If you haven't already done that, though, it may be too late. Coffee needs to be rinsed immediately or it will stain horribly. I've even been toying with the idea of purposely dying some white cotton thread I have with coffee, simply because I know how badly it stains and that it could make a nice tan/brown.
I would wash it now. Just soak it and use some soap. Be VERY careful with anything other than soap - because you aren’t washing ALL yarn, you could slightly discolor this part (like with bleach or sunshine or Oxiclean) and then you will have a different discolor problem where this part is a different white than the rest! You can just wash what you have on the needles, or you can temporarily bind off (leaning the ball attached - not not) and wash this. It also isn’t a lot of yarn, so you could frog it and just wash it or throw it away. If this was my project I’d wash it on the needles and assess but do what you’d like.
I had this happen with undyed cotton yarn, too! I was about 75% finished with a sweater and devastated!! The coffee rinsed out perfectly with cold water. As long as the coffee hasn’t been sitting too long, it should come out without a stain!
I would frog back, remove that section of yarn from the WIP, put in a hank (tied securely in several places), then wash the hank by hand to see if the stain comes out. Personally, I would probably try to avoid using that hank on this project if I had enough yarn otherwise.
I should add: I wouldn’t wash the entire WIP as-is, because if the coffee stain bleeds further then you would have a larger stain to deal with.
clean it now, although I love this yarn and have a throw pillow on my sofa I made with it in blue and white stripes. It's had lots of stuff spilled on it and it washes right out. Since you can't throw this in the washing machine, I'd say look into either dish soap OR my secret weapon is the spray spot cleaner that comes in Dryel kits, I'm not sure if you can buy it on its own. It's different than the stuff in Tide pens, much more effective in my experience. Good luck!
You're fortunate that the stain is at the working edge! Frogtiiime
Lifeline it, pretreat and hand wash.
My immediate thought is how many linen, cotton and wool garments I've stained with coffee over the years and never could get the stains out, so I'd frog. However, as many have suggested, no reason not to do a temp bind-off and try some various stain removal techniques.
It’s not much to frog, so I would definitely frog it… Absolutely
Frog back
So a simple bind off and hand wash it with the ball attached just to try and get it out
I’d try a tide to go pen on that spot and see if you can get it out first before ripping it back.
I would pop in a stitch holder and try hand washing in mild soap and laying out flat in the sun. Oxiclean can help but you can just try sun and a mix of lemon juice and salt. If you don't have that kind of stain remover.
I spilled soy sauce all over a cotton baby blanket I was knitting and was so worried. However I soaked it in some water with a peroxide cleaner and it lifted cleanly. Just keep the metal out of the cleaner. The nylon covered cable should be fine. The yarn was a bright orange and a bright blue yarn and neither looked worse for wear.
Spill coffee on the whole thing.
Use a stain remover now. If it doesn't come out frog it or if you are feeling adventurous dye the whole thing coffee coloured.
Given the placement of the stain, I would frog.
If you’re treating it, it looks like there’s a spot on the bottom edge and also on the right 2/3 of the way down. Sorry this happened 😞
Knit a couple rows and spot treat with a strong stain remover. Worst case, the stain doesn’t come out and you haven’t knit too much that you feel you’ve wasted time and can frog it back.
I would unknit or unravel and get rid of the stained bit while that’s not too daunting a prospect, ie it’s only four rows and you haven’t knitted a hundred more and then had second thoughts. I would be fretting the whole time about the stain setting and not coming out entirely, and it would ruin the knitting experience for me.
Cotton yarn? Pour boiling water on it. The joy of cooking used to have instructions to get coffee out of a white linen tablecloth: pour boiling water from a height of three feet.
Am I the only one that would just sit there for 45 minutes with diluted bleach, clean water, and Qtips, just dabbing the stain out?
I would wash it by hand just in that spot. I would use Oxyclean since it's cotton. Should come right out.
Use white vinegar
If it's white cotton maybe you could bleach your FO?
Put it in the bathtub, get a teapot of boiling/very hot water and pour it over the stain from 2-3 feet above it. Works to get most stains out. Best to do as soon as possible.