Need to shrink a sweater

[KnottedYet]

I did a no-no.

Washed the sweater, then ran it through the dryer.

It didn't shrink much at all, but my oh my did it ever felt! Extra cozy now!

I'm pretty happy with it as it is, I'll stop messing with it. (smells all nice and clean now, too. I washed it in Dr. Bronner's lavendar soap.)

[DebW]

My approach to wool is to visit the Goodwill and buy wool shirts. Cheap and more practical than sweaters, since you can wear them open and take them on and off easily. Important for me, since my body temperature doesn't stay constant for more than 10 minutes. I do spend money on Smartwool socks.

[chickwhorips]

before i knew much about wool i had a big oops.

BF has a bunch of wool shirts and when i firt moved here i threw them in the wash and drier like anything thing else... didn't work so good. he wasn't happy about it (and still gives me a hard time), but i got some nice shirts out of it. so i think it worked out ok.