ARG....I did it again!

songbird · ‎03-21-2010

I had off this week. I decided to do the wash. Totally forgot about Isaac's cotton tops. Put them in the dryer. Naturally they shrunk. Did four of his tops. I always size up to XS in his tops for this very reason... 2 of them look OK. Just not as loose and happy they are shorter. One of them (my favorite...the white one) is a little snug, but still fits. The last one well is pretty snug. But I wear that one at home. So not too bad.

But! I hate I have to remember to separate the wash before I put it in the dryer. Another reminder why I love and loath 100% cotton. The Graver tops are just fine. A nuclear explosion could not destroy those.

LindaLatte · ‎03-13-2010

Sorry about that. I love Isaac's tops, but I always hang them to dry. I helps that I live in southern Arizona so they often dry very quickly. That is funny about Susan Graver's tops. I hang them to dry as well, but they do seem pretty much indestructible..

stellabystarlight · ‎03-31-2010

I never put anything with cotton in the dryer. I let them air dry because I have always found that they shrink a little even if I put them on delicate dryer cycle.

so so · ‎05-31-2010

Exact reason i keep my husband away from doing laundry....everything goes in the dryer on HIGH heat. gets my goat. so many things have been ruined by him. an Issac t shirt. never bought another one.

NEvans2 · ‎01-15-2017

Next time you wash them, either hang them or lay them flat and stretch them a little. Just gently in the areas they shrunk.(the chest, the hips, the length) I have done this many times after accidentally drying something. Cotton is a pretty resilient fabric and the permanent shrinkage seems to be after repetitive drying. Good luck!

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

@songbird That is too bad🙁. I know just how you feel. I am always so careful about what I put in the dryer or hang....occasionally something gets in the dryer and shrinks. I can only blame myself.....husband❤️ is BANNED from doing laundry😄

SurferWife · ‎12-12-2010

@so so

LOL! I don’t let my husband do the laundry either. If I did, the whole laundry basket would be thrown in, in one load!

Time is just a drop in the bucket compared to eternity. It isn’t how long you live that matters; it is how well you are prepared to die. ~~Colonel Robert B. Thieme, Jr.

crawford5153 · ‎03-15-2010

I never ever put any of my nice clothes in the dryer at all. I do all the laundry and the inside work and hubs does the outside. I ALWAYS hang my nice things to dry right over the washer and dryer; I have a rod there specifically for that reason. They dry overnight and then I put them away the next day. I even hang hubs shirts to dry that way.