Come winter season and it is the time to wear all the bright clothes and be ready to play in the snow. While almost everyone loves to wear bright woolens in winters, very few like to undertake the chore of cleaning them. Washing winter wear, especially wool sweaters, is a difficult task. This is because wool is very sensitive to chemicals and heat. However, getting woolens dry cleaned every now and then proves to be very expensive. In order to help you out of the dilemma, we have listed instructions for washing wool sweaters, in the lines below.
How to Wash A Woolen Sweater
Items Needed
- Wool Detergents
- Sweaters
- Towels
- Large Sheet of Paper
- Pen
Instructions
- Take a clean sheet of paper and lay it on the table.
- Place the sweater on the paper and draw an outline of the former, with the help of a pen.
- Making use of cool water and a wool detergent, hand-wash the sweater gently. Make sure not to rub the detergent in the sweater.
- After you have cleaned the sweater with detergent, rinse it in fresh water.
- Squeeze the excess water out of the sweater.
- Now, roll the sweater in a towel. This will help absorb the moisture in it.
- Lay the sweater on the paper once again, stretching it to fit the outline drawn previously.
- Use a towel to pat the sweater into the desired shape.
- Spread the sweater flat, in a cool place, out of direct sunlight and let it dry.
