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Wool Eating Bugs
Asked by K.M. from Dallas
on January 15, 2011
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Several wool sweathers (mine and my husbands) have holes eaten in them; what bug causes this and how can I eliminate them from our closet? These sweaters were stored i...
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- I've found cedar to be effective -- but you need to freshen it up every now & again. Since it's a cedar closet, just take a piece of very fine grit sandpaper & rub it...
- moths! most evil creatures ever! (besides bedbugs I suppose) We had them at our old house..ruined a ton of stuff. Cedar doesn't really work IMO. You will need to ...
- In stead of moths, it could be carpet beetle larvae. Those stinkers eat any natural fibers: pet hair, carpet, wool, cotton. The darn things got into my closet and at...
Little Pills on Sweaters and Other Fabrics
Asked by N.D. from Los Angeles
on November 1, 2010
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does anyone have a secret for removing those little annoying balls that you get on sweaters and other fabrics when you wash them with things you shouldn't like towels?...
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- i have a little hand held battery operated shaver for fabric. i use it to de-pill my sweaters, shirts, etc. it looks like a little electric shaver for skin. i 've had ...
- Head to Target and get a small hand-held sweater shaver. They are small and run on a couple double AA batteries. Try looking in their laundry section (by the irons, et...
- Don't wash towels with anything else, well jeans are ok to wash them with. Don't use your dryer for your favorite sweaters or tee-shirts, lay them flat to dry. The d...
Washing/drying Large Sweaters?
Asked by K.C. from Boston
on September 28, 2010
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In the bottom of my closet and needing a wash, I just found a bagful of sweaters, dresses, and other knits that have the tag instruction 'hand wash, lay flat to dry' ...
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- When I wash sweaters, I wash them on delicate. Then put them in the dryer on low heat for about 15 mins then get out and lay them flat on towels to air dry. It works g...
- I put all of my handwashable knits in the washer on the gentle cycle (almost all--not cashmere). Once they are spun dry--I hang them inside out on padded hangers. Th...
- I definitely wouldn't use hangers to dry sweaters - the knit will pull apart. Do you have a lawn? I bought army sheets made out of thick muslin(?) material to use fo...
Can You save Wool Clothing Shrunk in the Wash?
Asked by M.J. from Seattle
on October 9, 2009
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I'm a Mom with just a few nice wool things to wear. I like to keep it simple.
Story begins with a good pile up of mine, my sweethearts, and our sons laundry and a ...
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- Once you felt a piece of wool in the wash, the fibers join together and you can't undo it. I'm sorry! Since it didn't go through the dryer, it's not as shrunk as it c...
- I would be thankful that you have a helpful husband but maybe make a special laundry basket that only your clothes go into so they don't get ruined in the future. Guy...
- You might be able to get it to budge a little bit by rewetting it and stretching, but honestly it will never be like it was before. Don't use an iron or anything hot,...
Do Wool Diaper Covers for Cloth Work?
Asked by R.H. from Cleveland
on May 27, 2008
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I am looking to cloth diaper our next baby and I want to use wool, but I'm afraid it will leak all over and I'll still have a wet lap. I wondered if any cloth diaperi...
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- Hello, I have used both wool & PUL covers. I have some WAHM made wool soakers and also some Stacinator snap stretch wool covers that I really like. I wash them in...
- Wow, I'm surprised that these cloth-diapering mamas haven't heard of wool covers! They are everywhere. They are great, no itch, scratch, OR rash. Lanolizing does wo...
- Years ago I used wool diaper covers from Japan and I do not recall that they leaked at all.
Knitting Wool Soakers for Nighttime Use
Asked by J.J. from Pittsburgh
on March 3, 2008
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We've used cloth diapers successfully with our son (now 21 mos) and he's ready for a bigger size wool soaker for nighttime use. They are pretty expensive and you need...
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- Being the owner of a wahm cloth diapering company since 2002 you can bet my eyes widened with a glimmer. Congrats on 21 months in cd. It is so good to see that there...
- This website has several links for patterns. http://diaperpages.com/soaker.php
- You can find many free patterns for soakers on the internet. Just do a search. There are many. You can also make them from old wool sweaters...there are also free pa...
Do You Really Lay Flat to Dry?
Asked by S.S. from Los Angeles
on November 17, 2011
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It seems that all my sweaters this season say "lay flat to dry". Where do you find space to lay all your clothes flat to dry? Is it really gonna mess up the clothes ...
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- My dryer has a rack that goes inside it for drying flat. But I've only used it like 3 times LOL everything gets tossed in and comes out fine in my opinion.
- No, I don't lay my sweaters or tops or pants flat to dry--unless they are made of a fabric that will "stretch" if I hang the article. Otherwise, I have a wooden drying...
- I hang with those hangers that are shaped more like shoulders than the triangle ones. I usually get them from buying clothes at kohls or taget.
Nighttime Cloth Diapering
Asked by R.S. from Portland
on October 2, 2009
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I cloth diaper most of the day time at home, and want to start wool "longies" for nighttime. I am wondering how other moms keep their babies top half warm. Shirts se...
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- A union suit (long sleeved onsie) over the top of the longies. Alternatively, you could modify a shirt with a buttonhole of a sort and attach buttons to the longie an...
- I used to put sweaters on my kid. And depending on how cold it got - a sleep sack as well.
- I realize you specifically asked about upper body, but if you didn't use the wool longies, you could put your little one in a long-sleeved fleece sleepsack, or even a ...
Diaper Covers...
Asked by R.C. from Seattle
on February 22, 2008
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We are currently switching from disposable to cloth diapers and I already have the diapers ordered, but haven't found the right covers. I want something vinyl/plastic...
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- We love Bumpkins covers. You can order from weebunz.com, which is a Corvallis-based and Internet business. AMD
- For my first child, my friend and I made the diaper covers. We used cotton material print for the outside, a layer of the waterproof window covering (white out) mater...
- Hi I use knitted wool diaper covers. They are not bulky at all. They are breathable and anti-microbial which basically means they clean themselves. You only have to...
Cloth Diapering
Asked by K.M. from Portland
on January 7, 2009
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I am hoping to find out anything about cloth diapering for someone who doesn't think cloth diaper covers, and wipes are within the family budget. We didn't cloth diap...
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- Hey K.! We sometimes cloth diaper and have had a great experience with it. Friends had a diaper service early on until they were sure that they would be able to mainta...
- that is a good way to save money because you wash and wear, just remember to wash in a baby detergent and rinse well, I do not know a lot about the diapers but do kno...
- Hi K., Thanks for asking this question! It sounds like you've gotten some pretty good advise so far, but I'll share my suggestions (and steal some suggestions fro...
