Help!!!

by Priest73 18 years ago 34 Replies latest 17 years ago jw friends

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  Priest73 18 years ago

  I accidentally threw my favorite wool sweater in the the dryer. Any tips on un-shrinking it? I found some tips on the interwebs
  such at warm water and hair conditioner.
  One site said use a wool friendly detergent, but alas I'm a straight single male, I only have
  what I buy at costco.
  Another option would be to loose some weight -Like 100lbs or donate it to a 5 year old.
  Help?

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  carla 18 years ago

  If it really go that small you may be out of luck. You could try re-wetting, lay between two clean towels and roll it up and squeeze to help get some of the water out, do not ring it like a dish rag, then try and stretch the heck out of it pulling evenly at the shoulder & side seams all the way around and up and down, then lay flat to dry. Can't hurt it anymore at this point.

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  AWAKE&WATCHING 18 years ago

  Been there and done that but never knew how to fix it. Hope someone can help you!

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  nelly136 18 years ago

  if it looks like it would fit one of the cast on 'honey i shrunk the kids' its prolly dead.

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  Priest73 18 years ago

  Thanks. I tried to stretch it out by putting it on... But it looked like one of those belly shirts that were all the rage last year.
  I may try the wool friendly detergent route. Any suggestions on a wool friendly detergent?
  
  I'll keep you guys posted on this epic tragedy.

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  oldflame 18 years ago

  Me and wool do not get along with one another, sorry but good luck anyways.

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  Vivamus 18 years ago

  No idea. Had the same thing happen to me once, and try as I might - the end result was that I threw it away.

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  Warlock 18 years ago

  Another wasted sheep.

  Warlock

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  Witness 007 18 years ago

  A bunch of nice clothes I brought at a high class store called K-mart all shrank....lucky for them I don't own dynamite!!

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  Priest73 18 years ago

  UPDATE. I'm soaking my sweater now. That's going well. It seems to be getting wet. I added a little GAIN, so we'll see what happens next.

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