Anyone speak German? and a yarn washing question

[Stacey]

Can anyone tell me what the word "waschmaschinenfest" means? I'm pretty sure it's German, and it's printed on the label to my little ball of Brazilia. I'm guessing it means it's machine washable just from the look of the word (which is totally making me giggle every time I look at it because it looks like there's a party going on in the washing machine ) ) Anyway, I just wanted to make sure that's really what it says before I use it on anything I'd plan on machine-washing.

 

Also, does anyone know where I can find a guide to those cryptic laundering symbols you see on yarn labels? Some of them I understand, like the tub of water with a temperature printed on it or an iron with an X across it, but other ones, like the triangle with an X through it or a P in a circle with a line underneath, I have no clue. Tried searching Google, but I must be using the wrong keywords since I don't come up with anything useful...

[kariholtz]

:rotfl :rotfl Maybe it's where you show off your washers?:rotfl :rotfl

[Stacey]

Exactly!

 

Oh, I went back to Google and had better luck this time, so I found the answer to my second question: Fabric care symbols guide--really helpful page!

[threeolivemartini]

it means machine washable..

[faithpa76]

That is a very useful guide, thanks for posting it! I've been wondering about some of those myself!

[jingles96]

I speak German, but the others beat me to it. Waschmachinefest just means the colors will stay true in the wash. Or as Beth of ThreeOliveMartini fame said, machine washable.

 

As for fest - that does mean a festival or fair too. So a translation to "washing machine party" is technically possible.

[emeraldmoon]

wash machines firmly

I did it on bable fish

you need to space out the words and I checked with a friend and she said thats correct

 

waschmaschinenfest space out like this to get the word

wasch maschinen fest

[emeraldmoon]

fest in german though means firmly not festival

[threeolivemartini]

it can also mean festival.. there are many words that can mean two or three things in every language...

 

 

it means it will machine wash well .. you have a literal translation maybe not a working one.. since Oktoberfest means October Party not October Firm

[Stacey]

Thanks--Wanted to make sure before I started making anything with it...

 

I still like the mental image of the party in the washing machine, though )