Re: [h-cost] washing silk crepe (was Washing silk taffeta)

2008-11-12 Thread lauren . walker
Hi, I find that silk crepes vary more than wools, and so it bears repeating that one should always test a sample to be sure. BUT, that said, I have a bunch of purchased blouses (!) made of silk crepe, and if I hand wash them in cold and hang to dry, they come out about the same size they went

[h-cost] washing silk crepe (was Washing silk taffeta)

2008-11-11 Thread Kimiko Small
--- On Tue, 11/11/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and of course I wash silk crepe blouses all the time. Hi again Lauren, Does silk crepe shrink or get thicker much? I am pondering buying some and dyeing it, but I don't want to use it if it is going to really shrink a lot,