Advice please to remove labels

JackyB I like your method with scratchy labels and will do that .I'll use squares of soft old hankie, unhemmed, and longish tacking stitches.

Why (oh why) do they have to put labels in the back neckline anyway? Life is too short for all this aggravation and I'm quite happy with the inside seam label. Come on, M & S, get rid of them - it'll save some costs too!

I have the same issue with Woolovers products and, despite using a stitch ripper to remove the labels, I do have a couple of jumpers with tiny holes where I missed the stitch. I also think that the stitching is smaller now than when I first bought their garments. I can't abide the scratchy feeling and find myself squirming if even a vestige of label is left behind.

If you find a stitch ripper impossible to use due to poor eyesight, then you need a lamp with magnifying glass.

They are invaluable for threading needles, unpicking stitches and a million other jobs that become quite impossible as our eyesight deteriorates.

You can often find them in charity shops, as most elderly and old people have them, so in the course of time the end in a house clearance lot.

Willow that’s why they’re called security tabs??I had one left in a dress I was planning to wear for an event. Ended up with it banging against my legs all night. And you do wonder why they don’t set the alarms off at the time.

Good idea Grandtante!