How to Shrink a Cashmere Sweater

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Tip 1 - How best to shrink a cashmere sweater?

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by malini patel | permalink

Spouse has a couple of 100% cashmere sweaters that are a little baggy on him all over--arms too long, too wide in torso, etc. As they are now, he won't wear them, which just seems to be a crime....

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Tip 2 - How to Shrink a Cashmere Sweater | eHow

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by jackie johnson -kunze | permalink

Cashmere is a beautiful and delicate fabric that requires special care. Re-sizing delicate cashmere clothing can be challenging. The only reliable way to shrink most clothing is by exposing it to high water temperatures in a washing machine and intense heat in a clothes dryer. However, this may compromise the structure of cashmere, distorting the...

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Tip 3 - How to Fix Shrinking Cashmere | The Classroom | Synonym

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by John Rockett | permalink

While soft and luxurious, cashmere is also intimidating to wash and confusing to care for. A natural wool fiber derived from cashmere goats, garments using this fine material may be labeled hand ...

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Tip 4 - Honey, I Shrank the J.Crew! | Alterations Needed

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Stephane Aznar | permalink

There was a time in my life…sometime during college…where I tried to shrink everything. I’d buy the smallest things I could find, assess shrink-ability,...

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