*&$%!@ Moths! Or was it the spin dryer?

I think it’s been eaten. I took my cashmere cardigan out of the wardrobe today and it has two holes in it. So frustrating!

Pesky little blighters! I hope they haven't been eating my other winter things, but the chances are that they will have, won't they? 😡

Moths love cashmere and pure wool. Last summer I discovered a very expensive pure wool coat by Masai in my wardrobe had a hole in the front. After further checking I found about 16! All down the sleeves, back etc.

You need to empty the wardrobe, hoover it out thoroughly, every nook and cranny, throw out any other affected clothes (they will ignore acrylics etc) and put fresh lavender in there or a moth repellant if you prefer. I did the whole bedroom, the mattress etc.

Regarding the odd holes in your jumpers you can buy little embroidered flowers, shapes etc at craft/wool shops which you could sew over. One might look odd so add a few extra so they look like a pattern or they are meant to be there.

Before doing that put the jumper in a poly bag in freezer to kill off any eggs.

My train leaves at 7.45 tomorrow morning, so any wardrobe cleaning will have to wait till I get back. I really hope this was a one-off.

Once you have them they are incredibly hard to get rid of.

We had a problem with wool carpets in the house. Led to my cashmere clothes and silk scarves and knitting wool being nibbled.

We got rid of the carpets and some of the worst affected clothing.

We used every type of moth repellent from chemical to natural lavender.

Seemed to work for a while, but now they are back.

Apparently they will make do with any natural fibre, if wool etc,
isn't available.

The only way I've found of protecting my clothes is by freezing smaller items, and putting all vulnerable clothing in vacuum sealed bags.

Have a good break Dd

Thanks😀.

Sympathies, OP. An expensive alpaca intarsia cardigan of mine was attacked by moths - I did manage to mend it after a fashion though.
I now keep anything made of wool, cashmere or alpaca in plastic bags, with a good squirt of moth killer for good measure.

At least one cashmere jumper of dh’s - my 🎄presents - has been similarly attacked. If it’s in an area that doesn’t show too much I’ve made some sort of repair, but one had to be binned.🙁
The little buggers have chewed holes in our mostly-wool carpets, too. They do really need replacing, but I’m putting it off until the youngest Gdc is past the messiest stage.

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Sympathies, OP. An expensive alpaca intarsia cardigan of mine was attacked by moths - I did manage to mend it after a fashion though.
I now keep anything made of wool, cashmere or alpaca in plastic bags, with a good squirt of moth killer for good measure.

At least one cashmere jumper of dh’s - my 🎄presents - has been similarly attacked. If it’s in an area that doesn’t show too much I’ve made some sort of repair, but one had to be binned.🙁
The little buggers have chewed holes in our mostly-wool carpets, too. They do really need replacing, but I’m putting it off until the youngest Gdc is past the messiest stage.

More likely to be carpet beetles! Horrible things.

content.ces.ncsu.edu/clothes-moths-carpet-beetles-controlling-fabric-pests

This is a good article.

I’m pretty sure it’s moths, Primrose53. Despite sundry remedies - including sticky things in every room which attract them with pheromes (sp?) and do catch quite a few, we still see them fairly often.