Shrunk Jumper

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Everytime I buy something designer I regret it. Have you ever tried to iron a Hugo Boss shirt, it's impossible. Then I get a shirt from H&M for like £20 and it fits perfect and irons nice.

I'll learn my lesson one day.

In the meantime, I have a jumper that said hand wash only. I tried this, but it didn't feel clean and took so long to dry it smelt of damp.
So I put it in the washing machine at 30 degrees. Now it looks like it might fit a seven year old.

The label says its "100% virgin wool". It's hangin up up now drying. Does anyone have any ideas as to the best way to get it back into shape?
 
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shrink yourself to fit? haha, i know the feeling though! lost count of how many clothes ive ruined in my time.
 
Just go for cotton polyester mixes :D. Shirts made of this are by far the easiest to iron. I never buy 100% wool jumpers because they are a real pain to wash, again go for cotton polyester mix sweatshirts (which can be made to look like closely knitted jumpers, often found in places like River Island).

Rgds
 
Agreed that you've wrecked the jumper.

I've got a couple of very thick jumpers which are hand wash only and take about a week to dry indoors. I place them on a rack resting over the bath and when nearly dry i fold them over the washing line outside to get that lenor freshness back. Got to be patient with wool clothing unless you want to get it dry cleaned.

-edit- reading the instructions in Mr^B's link. Give it a go but i reckon it would be quite difficult to get the original shape back perfectly.
 
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Should have been hand washed with washing powder and then left to dry on a radiator mate! Nevermind, always next time and I'm sorry to say there isn't a chance you'll get it back to its original state!
 
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Why make clothes that are so hard to look after?! This is 2009 people don't go down to a river and rub them on stones.
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But nearly all modern washing machines have a 'wool' or 'handwash' prog'.

Jumper is scrap, bin it and learn.

After washing wool on the appropriate cycle, dry in an airing cupboard or over a drying frame of some sort near a radiator; I wouldn't put the garment actually on the rad' though.
 
that's why you follow the instructions on the label..

but the reason you did it was because it took too long to dry.
how can you think that running it through a washing machine would make it less wet at the end of the wash?

if you used a tumble dryer - there's your reason for shrinkage.
 
No I didn't use a tumble dryer, but when you hand wash it doesn;t get spun, so it's "mega" wet, as opposed to wet when it comes out of a machine.

Thanks for the tips I'll give them a go. The jumper was £120. Serves me right for being a tart.
 
Hope one of those methods for stretching it will work, but I wouldn't hold out too much hope.

If you find you can't get enough water out of jumpers after hand washing then it's ok to put them in the washing machine on a spin only cycle. Hand wash with a specialist hand wash detergent like Stergene (clothes will stay looking nice if you use a specialist detergent). Then rise out thoroughly with cool water and put into the machine on a slow spin only cycle. It should then dry easily enough hung up inside.
 
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