abbadon420@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agowhy do some clothes shrink in the laundry and what can I do to prevent it?message-squaremessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up195arrow-down1message-squarewhy do some clothes shrink in the laundry and what can I do to prevent it?abbadon420@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarefhek@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 year agoWash with cold water, always. Don’t put your sweaters in the dryer, hang ‘em up - put them in the dryer for 10min once they’re dry
minus-squareKaktus@lemmy.loomy.lilinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWhat do you do with the sweater in the dryer it it’s dry?
minus-squareRBWells@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoIt makes it softer. Same reason people used to iron everything before electric dryers were common.
minus-squareRedAggroBest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHeatless tumble setting of some sort works best
Wash with cold water, always.
Don’t put your sweaters in the dryer, hang ‘em up - put them in the dryer for 10min once they’re dry
What do you do with the sweater in the dryer it it’s dry?
It makes it softer. Same reason people used to iron everything before electric dryers were common.
Heatless tumble setting of some sort works best