Knitwear Care Guidelines

Hand-wash with cool/cold water

  • Fill up a sink, basin, or bucket with cool/cold water.

  • As it fills add about one teaspoon of detergent. It doesn’t take much. We recommend a detergent for delicates that does not contain chlorine, phosphates, optical brighteners, or fragrances. For wool we really like unscented Eucalan wool wash.

  • Once the sink is filled, add your garment and swish it around thoroughly. Leave the garment in the water for up to 30 minutes.

  • Drain the water.

  • If you used a no-rise wool wash(like Eucalan) you can skip to the next step. Refill the sink with cool/cold water. Make sure you’re not squirting the water directly onto the garment. Swish the garment acound and drain the sink again. You can repeat this step again if you used too much soap.

    Remove the Excess Water

  • Gently squeeze your knitwear. You want to remove as much water as possible without wringing or twisting. Your knitwear will still be wet and dripping but not water logged.

  • Lay your garment flat on a towel. Roll the towel and garment up like a burrito. Gently squeeze. This is a great time to involve little helpers, my son loves jumping on the towel burrito to help get his sweaters dry.

  • Unroll the towel and proceed to drying your garment.

    Lay flat to dry

  • Knitwear can stretch out under its own weight especially when wet. This is why we recommend using a foldable clothes drying rack to dry your knitwear.

  • Lay your knits across the foldable clothes drying rack. If your knitwear is more delicate you can use a towel or mesh covering to support it on the drying rack.

  • Block the garment, or spread it out so it’s not stretched or mis-shaped.

  • Let the air do its work. Clothes will dry faster if they are in a well lit or sunny spot but direct sunlight for extended periods is hard on wool.

  • Never put wool, silk, or mohair into the dryer. They will felt and shrink your knitwear. It’s not fun, ask us how we know.

    Storage

  • To keep your knits looking their best we recommend either rolling or folding them to avoid stretching them out on a hanger.

  • For wool we recommend storing with cedar or lavender to help protect from moths.

Cotton

  • Our cottons is machine washable on the gentle setting and best air dried. If you dry it in the dryer it can shrink a bit and fade but it will likely not be totally ruined.