[Joan.of.the.Arch]

I have a crocheted afghan that has been folded in an empty room that was not dusted for --A YEAR--! The afghan is very dusty. I want to clean it, but it is a huge one made by my son's great grandmother who has passed on. So it stirs sentiment and we want to keep it nice. It is so big I have to take it to a laundromat to use the super large machines, even though my home washer takes oversize loads. But washing an afghan is hard on it, so I'm trying to get by with just knocking the dust out of it without agitating it in water.

If it were not raining I'd take it outdoors and hang it on the line to shake and beat it the way people used to do rugs. Then I'd leave it to freshen in the breeze and sunshine.

I have a large dryer. Do you think running it on "air fluff," with no heat would be sufficient to work the dust out?

Any other suggestions for how to to de-dust this afghan? I can't vacuum it.