Tips are really appreciated!!
I don't. My washing machine has a wool wash setting. It works a treat!
hand washing sweaters is quite easy. You need a sink or basin large enough for the sweater, cold water and a bit of detergent designed for hand washing or my preferred option: baby shampoo. fill the basin with cold water, add a bit of shampoo or detergent and swish the water to mix the detergent and get a bit of sudsing. immerse the sweater in the basin and swish gently through the water and suds. Let it soak for about ten minutes or so, swish it through again and squeeze some of the suds into areas that might be a bit dirtier. drain the water and squeeze some of the excess water and suds from the sweater. Treat it gently, don't wring out or twist or or do anything that will make the sweater unhappy. Now fill the basin with cold water and rinse the sweater. dump out the water, fill the basin again and rinse again. after two rinses the detergent should be all gone. Don't use fabric softener, it's got oils and waxes that can make wool fibers stick together. After rinsing gently squeeze out some of the excess water and then place sweater between two towels and blot out as much water as you can, again without twisting, wringing or doing anything that will make the sweater wrinkly or unhappy. lay flat to dry near -not on -a source of heat. If you wish you can fluff it up in the dryer on fluff with no heat. I have a large collection of wool clothes, from sweaters to skirts to pants to scarves and this is how care for all my woolens at home. One more tip: store all wools with either sprigs or dry lavender, dried mint leaves or dried rosemary. These herbs all discourage moths and smell a thousand times better than moth balls. Or store wool with blocks of cedar -again cedar is a natural moth repellant that doesn't harm delicate wools.
