In this article, you will learn what to do if your sweater becomes stretched after washing. Well, a very unpleasant event! Especially if the item is new and not cheap. There are options for salvation, so do not rush to throw it away.
Why things stretch and how to prevent it
It's all about the composition and the wrong temperature for washing. If you wash your woolen sweater in hot water, it will either shrink or stretch out excessively. It is impossible to guess exactly what exactly will happen to him, since pure wool is now a rarity. And there are any additives and the final result depends on them.
Also, improper drying can be the cause. If you hang a wet and heavy thing on a rope or hanger, it will stretch anyway.
Ironing at high temperatures. The same, from the same opera as washing in hot water. Violation of the structure of the thread and that's it, the thing is spoiled.
So, the following reasons for deformation can be distinguished:
- Hot wash
- Washable without a laundry bag
- Improper drying
- Hot ironing
But, besides this, do not forget that any sweater stretches from long wear. Moreover, if a person has a manner of stretching the sleeves or edges.
But back to our rams, that is, practical recommendations. The sweater was stretched out after washing. What can you do?
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How to save an already stretched thing
And here, as they say, they knock out a wedge with a wedge! There is no other way but to wash it again. But, already by all the rules.
Be sure to put it in the machine in a laundry bag, it helps a lot to keep its shape.
If you have a stretched woolen thing and before that you washed it in hot water, then revive it at a temperature of 35-40C. If, however, the woolen sweater is stretched from time to time, then an increased washing temperature, about 60C, will just help.
Take a special, gentle washing powder. The same applies to the washing mode: no intensive spin, only a delicate method.
The main thing then is to dry it correctly. 80% of success depends on this.
How to dry knitwear
They must be dried exclusively horizontally, this will save them from stretching. No hangers or ropes!
You need to spread a soft mat on the table or floor, a blanket, for example, and a clean sheet on it. And lay out a wet sweater on this, be sure to line it up.
By the way, you can also stretch shrunken sweaters. Spread out and stretched in the places where it is needed.
There is another, very strange recommendation on the network: they say, wash the thing and put it wet on yourself. Well what can I say? Are you looking for pneumonia? Take action! True, one should not hope for a wonderful result either. After all, the sweater is absolutely purple, on what to stretch it: on wooden hangers or living ones. He is still drawn down, nobody canceled Newton's law ...
How to save a synthetic thing
Unfortunately, all of the above recommendations are valid for natural-thread sweaters. If the acrylic sweater is stretched, then it is no longer subject to.
Here, only one remedy, very popular 20 years ago, will save: to dissolve and knit a new sweater from threads. There are no other options.
But, you can donate the sweater to someone who is a couple of sizes larger than you! Plus karma is also a good thing.
The main thing is not to be discouraged. You can try any method, but not the fact that it will help. But now you know all the options, what to do if the sweater is stretched out after washing and how to prevent this. And whoever is warned is armed!
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