How to wash hand knitted baby garments?

Posted on February 15th, 2010 by admin

I knitted some baby sweaters, hats, and booties. How should I was them? I used acrylic yarn for everything. I have some baby body wash. I’ve heard you can wash it with that, is that true? They are for a gift, so I have to be careful with them.

Look on your label. If you want them perfect, just wash in something like Woolite. I would, however, throw a swatch into the washer and dryer and see what happens. Normally, you can machine wash this stuff - it’s the dryer that fuzzes them out. I wash and dry most of my acrylic yarn afghans in the washer and dryer on delicate, low and cold water. But, I also test with a swatch to see if it fuzzes first.

2 Responses

  1. Doodlestuff Says:

    Look on your label. If you want them perfect, just wash in something like Woolite. I would, however, throw a swatch into the washer and dryer and see what happens. Normally, you can machine wash this stuff - it’s the dryer that fuzzes them out. I wash and dry most of my acrylic yarn afghans in the washer and dryer on delicate, low and cold water. But, I also test with a swatch to see if it fuzzes first.
    References :

  2. eloquent Says:

    wash in the delicate cycle with Woolite and cold water & air dry.
    References :

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