Woolen Shawls
Can you recover a woollen garment that was washed at 40 degrees and is matted?
It was a handmade baby shawl in fine wool. Someone helpfully washed it without thinking about the temperature. It has shrunk and matted. I guess it is beyond hope but it has a lot of sentimantal value and I thought it could be worth trying Yahoo Answers. Please help if you can.
Wool fibers are naturally curly. During processing and weaving, the fibers are stretched out and smoothed. Washing them allowed them to crinkle back up, and the curls naturally tend to wrap around each other. (The other posters called this felting). Hotter water will make them curl more (shrink) but any temperature can cause it.
You can't brush the shawl back out.
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