• Shayeta@feddit.org
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    6 days ago

    General knitting question: Why not just make larger sweaters to account for washing machine shrink? You would then have a machine-washable sweater.

    • RebekahWSD@lemmy.world
      5·
      6 days ago

      Because it’s not easy at all to know exactly how much it’ll shrink in the wash generally. Also it doesn’t just get smaller it sort of turns into felt if its a wool sweater and felt sucks. Well, I hate wearing felt. In general you knit outer layers so you don’t have to wash them as much. Sweater goes over a thin shirt, wash thin shirt and only spot wash the sweater.