Hi all
I have bought some 17oz 80% wool 20% Cashmere fabric from Holland and Sherry with silk lining for Rory’s overcoat online lessons. I’m a little nervous about pre washing both the wool and the silk. Any recommendations welcome. I was planning on washing separately on a delicates machine setting with delicates detergent and hang drying outside.
Thanks
If you over shrink it you won't be able to shrink shape into it later.
You'd never machine wash cloth or lining. I wouldn't even recommend steeping it in water. Those days are gone. No one who buys cloth from a reputable cloth merchant needs to worry about the cloth shrinking during make-up.
Thanks Jeroen
A hard No grom me. Iron it, If really needed, Press it. But I would never ever wash it in a machine.
AFAIK, all H&S cloths hast been pre-shrunk / finished to such a Level, No shrinkage will ocvur anyway.