Re: [h-cost] FW: Shrunken wool
I've been told, but haven't ever gotten around to trying it, that if you wash the wool in hair shampoo and rinse in conditioner that you can unshrink it. Katy On Jan 6, 2008 10:44 AM, Joan Jurancich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:17 AM 1/4/2008, you wrote: I accidentally washed a wool sweater and it shrank. Is there any cure to stretch it out again? Sharon Unfortunately, no. You now have a piece of knitted felt. :-( Joan Jurancich [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume -- Katy Bishop, Vintage Victorian [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.VintageVictorian.com Custom reproduction gowns of the Victorian Era. Publisher of the Vintage Dress Series books. ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] FW: Shrunken wool
At 12:17 AM 1/4/2008, you wrote: I accidentally washed a wool sweater and it shrank. Is there any cure to stretch it out again? Sharon Unfortunately, no. You now have a piece of knitted felt. :-( Joan Jurancich [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
[h-cost] FW: Shrunken wool
_ I accidentally washed a wool sweater and it shrank. Is there any cure to stretch it out again? Sharon ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
RE: [h-cost] FW: Shrunken wool
Not in my experience. However, I've been playing around with using the fulled wool fabric for other things. Maybe you could get a vest out of it, or a handbag? It's a creative opportunity! Good luck! Laurie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I accidentally washed a wool sweater and it shrank. Is there any cure to stretch it out again? Sharon _ Make distant family not so distant with Windows Vista® + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/digitallife/keepintouch.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_VideoChat_distantfamily_012008___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] FW: Shrunken wool
I was at a vintage flea market where one booth was actually vests and mittens and caps made from vintage felted (shrunken) sweaters (if you stretch the definition of vintage to the 1980s). They made the vests from the bodies of the sweaters and the caps and mittens from the sleeves. They were soft and warm. You could take the sweater to a good dry cleaners and ask them if blocking it would help, but I'd guess that you have a retired sweater. Lynn On 1/4/08, zelda crusher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not in my experience. However, I've been playing around with using the fulled wool fabric for other things. Maybe you could get a vest out of it, or a handbag? It's a creative opportunity! Good luck! Laurie From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I accidentally washed a wool sweater and it shrank. Is there any cure to stretch it out again? Sharon _ Make distant family not so distant with Windows Vista(R) + Windows Live™. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/digitallife/keepintouch.mspx?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_CPC_VideoChat_distantfamily_012008___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
