WoolWeenies Club

[Cataboo]

I just got this
http://www.teamestrogen.com/prodSW_15204_1.html
Very nice, the fit is great. One thing worries me though. I like the way it fits now but the washing instructions say it might shrink slightly on first washing.

Anybody?

I've never had any of my smartwool shrink on me.

However, for the most part I don't put my smartwool or any of my wool in the dryer. I just hang them to dry. My bf puts his smartwool & icebreaker in a dryer on high without any problems (and much to my dismay he's put mine in as well)

I did just stay in a last week hotel and saw a bed bug (EWWWW), and after changing rooms - I washed all the clothes I had with me on high heat & dried them on high heat (supposedly kills any bugs or eggs) and left them on high heat for 5 mins after dry... I was about to cry because I did that to a ibex climawool softshell, an ibex shirt, and a smartwool shirt. Then I repeated that treatment when I got back home.

However, all of the wool handled it without a problem - no shrinkage.

The smartwool shirt did end up with a small hole. I've had that happen with about 6 pieces of my smartwool and lots of my smartwool socks that have developed random holes after a few washings, so I've stopped buying smartwool.

I like my ibex so much more.

[Grog]

I had a wool sweater shrink once. But nothing like Smartwool or Ibex.

I've seen a new Smartwool piece that says DRY CLEAN ONLY on TE though. ?????

All of my other wool stuff has never shrunk. I wash it on cold, and hang to dry.

[Cataboo]

I just got a merino wool arc'teryx emissary zip necka few weeks back, that after I washed I noticed it said dry clean only on it.

I wash all my wool with cold water and then hang/lay it flat to dry.

the fugitive zipneck was fine after that treatment.