Anyway, cut short story shorter. I had this MNG pink wool/angora cardigan I so loved and it really keeps me warm on cold, cold days. Do not be fooled by it's crocheted look. It is ever so warm.
And, I love MNG styles but nothing ever fits cos the bust is so crazy small. Like, my bust isn't big but MNG makes dresses for men.
Anyway, I put this wool/angora steal-of-a-buy-for-£5 in a normal 40 degrees Celsius wash and it shrunk! So upset cos I have always looked after it well! The wool became dense and felt-like. I have always been ever so careful with it. So my heart had been aching every time I see it. Even though still can fit (tight fit), I missed its baggy fuzziness.
So, I embarked on trying to reshape my sweater. Apparently, the technique is called blocking used by clothes manufacturers to make oversized sweaters.
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| Ok, here is a lop sided image of my fav cardigan A basin of lukewarm water and conditioner |
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| Soaked for 30 minutes |
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| Painstakingly pull every part of the fabric Dunno if you can see but on the bottom right, you can see thru the little holes to the blue towel underneath The upper left is dense like felt and not see-through-able |
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| Zoom out of the above |
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| Me pulling on the fabric. Haha, not a great pic |
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| After pulling the left sleeve. See how the left sleeve is now bigger and puffier? Puffier like it used to be, I hope! |
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| Ok, so the middle flower has been pulled and the holes are bigger Compare this to the flower on the left where the wool looks all bunched up |
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| The cardigan looks bigger post-blocking After blocking, I covered the cardigan in the towel and rolled it up as per advice from other websites I guess the covering/rolling holds the wool fibres out and prevents it from shrinking whilst drying |
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| Day 1 post-drying. It is still damn but shape is holding I put a fan underneath it so as to avoid damp smells Good white balance. This is actually the colour of the cardigan. |
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| Day 1 post-drying: The front |
Looks like this may work. :-D
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