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Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

In a lingerie bag?

I sure hope so...I have a navy turtleneck in the washing machine right now...

Lay flat to dry???

TIA.

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

Yes, that's the way a few of us do it. You can either lay it flat to dry or throw it in the dryer on low heat/delicates with a fabric softener sheet. Fewer wrinkles that way.

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

OK - I wasn't brave enough to try the dryer but you have convinced me!

Thanks for the help...I just recently bought a lot of WK and it's time to get them clean.

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

I'm doing a load of WK right now, too, terrier3! Cold water, delicate cycle, and they come out just fine. Many Linea Ladies have different thought on how best to dry WK. Some lay them flat to dry, others hang to dry on a Huggable Hanger. I have good success drying WK in dryer on very low heat. My experience has been that the yarn "tightens up" a tiny bit, which I actually prefer, but not enough to change size.

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

It's true--no shrinkage. I tried to shrink a too big WK and threw it in the dryer on high heat. No change in the size! But, as 2E said--the yarn tightens up a bit.

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

My turtleneck just came out - PERFECT!

Thanks again for the advice...I love my WK!!!

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

Great, terrier3Smile I washed a few WK pieces yesterday--it's the best fabric.

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

If you lay it flat to dry, do you have to shape it or does it stay in its original shape? I haven't had good luck in the past when I actually had to manipulate a garment. Hope this makes sense.

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

I just about live in WK turtlenecks and v-necks in the colder months. Every week I have at least two in the laundry. I stick them in a lingerie bag and throw them into the washer with items of like color. Then they go into the dryer until partially dry. Then I drape them over a drying rack to finish drying. These knits are practically indestructible.

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Re: Can you wash WK on delicate cycle?

I wash them in machine on delicate and dry on delicate. Never any problems and I have a lot of them.