Washing cashmere

The comb can be used on all knitwear and wool items that have piling.....got mine in singer sewing machine shop cost 4 pounds....just got a new one yesterday as I gave mine to my dil going home to Canada...it very useful

I have used Woolite, handwashed, gently machine washed but still seemed to have wrecked my M&S cashmere sweaters. A Johnston one is fine and another Scottish made one is still OK but the M&S ones have matted and shrunk.

I must look for a knitwear comb

(different from a nit comb I presume )

You need a bio detergent, perhaps spray with Vanish laundry spray first of all silverlining
At least it's a t-shirt and not a new carpet .....

And a cold or cool wash is best as a hot wash sometimes 'sets' stains.

Thank you for thus bread, ladies. I have a new M&S cashmere sweater and I now know how to wash it. I have previous in shrinking woolies. ?

This thread! ?

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Well I have done the deed. I followed Annodomini suggestion of the hand wash mode on the washing machine. I used Waitrose's cashmere and wool detergent . I then laid inside out sweater on a clean tea towel on the table. It is looking good so far and when it is dry I will report back.

Not cashmere, but my husband washed my hand knitted wool cardigan with the rest of the laundry and shrank it. He is still in the dog house about that. No idea some men.

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