Sandra, you have the first one correct. Second is: don't machine wash. Third: don't machine dry. The iron is for ironing instructions. It either has an X thru it or a temp setting. Yes one usually hand washes things seperately, but they're covering their butt! I like to include washing instructions also. Sometimes I send the label, sometimes I send label and written instructions!

Tami

I may be wrong here because I have only seen these symbols a couple of times.
But I would say that the Triangled X means no bleach
and the Square with line means warm water.

I too am now curious. Anyone?

Thank you Tami for the true meaning. I know have this info written down for the next time I do come across it. :>)

google yarn washing/maintenance symbols. That's where I found them.

Check this site out for what the symbols mean:

Here is a link that might be useful: symbols

Donna-

I was about to go Googling when I clicked on your message with link. Thanks! I printed that out for future reference. The symbols make sense once you know what they mean, then a few years later I'm scratching my head wondering what a triangle with an X through it means. I'll keep this with my needles/hooks. Hmmm, probably should keep a copy in the laundry room too.

-Babka

Thanks a million, girls...I knew someone would know..so, hand wash, no chlorine bleach, dry flat and warm iron (I completely missed the one dot on the iron, vs two or three dots! (would you think it'd be okay to put into the washer to spin out the water = less drying time?)

Sometimes a washer spin will distort the item, depending on the type of yarn. Something that would probably be safer would be to roll it up in one of those microfiber cloths, squeezing it as you go. Don't twist it, just squeeze the roll.