For those of you who want a hand wash that lathers but are worried about your crazy dry hands, there are a lot of moisturizing handsoaps on the market. If you're like me and forget to apply lotion regularly, these soaps can help keep your hands from drying out. If you're a fan of Bath & Body Works, they have a line of moisturizing hand soaps in various scents that cleanse without stripping moisture. Cold-process, all-natural soaps like the one pictured below from Plantlife are supposed to be the best moisturizing and non-irritating soaps you can find and I know for a fact that your local Whole Foods Market (or local natural foods grocer) will carry a few different brands (honey, oatmeal, goat's milk and shea butter are great ingredients to look for in these soaps). Then there's Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Cream Soap Bar which contains pure cocoa butter and Vitamin E and has been long trusted by moms-to-be.
There are also a slew of great hand moisturizers that are designed to soak in so quickly that you can go right back to crafting without ruining the materials you're using. Shepherd's Choice Secret Stash is a light, quick-absorbing balm with no greasy residue. The Knit Picks Butter Hand Cream sounds like it should be sticky and greasy, but it is a quick-absorbing, vanilla-scented, lanolin and dye-free, vegan hand cream. And I'm thinking of trying Knit Happens from Alsatian Soaps (which has a whole knitters line, as well as one for gardeners), a softening balm that won't harm natural fibers. There is a long list of these balms and lotions specifically for those working with fibers available at yarn stores, on Etsy or you can even make your own.
The key is to find what is going to work for you. Something that leaves your hands moisturized, doesn't leave residue on your work, is easy to remember to use, helps the yarn glide through your fingers and smells great to you. I love my LUSH Lemony Flutter, but a combination of a moisturizing handsoap and one of these knitters balms might just be in my future.
The key is to find what is going to work for you. Something that leaves your hands moisturized, doesn't leave residue on your work, is easy to remember to use, helps the yarn glide through your fingers and smells great to you. I love my LUSH Lemony Flutter, but a combination of a moisturizing handsoap and one of these knitters balms might just be in my future.
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