If you take proper care of yout knitwear, it will last much longer.
We have gathered our best tips for how to look after your garments below
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OUR CARE TIPS
Wool is naturally self-cleaning, and you rarely need to wash the whole garment. We recommend airing your wool garments in fresh air. If your garment has stains, you can use a lemon soap for gentle cleaning and stain removal.
Pilling is a problem that often occurs with knitwear. Since wool yarn has fibres spun or blown together into a single thread, some of these fibres can loosen and form pills when the garment is worn. Pills can easily be picked off by hand. Our best tip is to use a lint/pill comb to remove pills and fluff. Doing this regularly will keep your garment looking its best 🌸
OUR WASHING TIPS
All yarn skeins carry symbol instructions for how the yarn should be cared for. We recommend airing and spot-cleaning in the first instance. If you do wish to wash the whole garment, hand washing is the safest and best option.
Hand wash: Wash the sweater gently by hand in lukewarm water with a small amount of wool-specific soap. Carefully squeeze out as much water as possible, then lay it flat on a towel and roll the towel and sweater up together. Allow the towel to draw the moisture out of the sweater before unrolling and leaving it to dry on a warm bathroom floor or lying flat on a drying rack. The sweater must not be hung up, as this will cause it to stretch.
Machine wash: Most garments can tolerate being washed on a wool cycle in the machine, but there is always a risk of the garment felting. This is usually not a problem with newer washing machines, but if you are unsure we strongly recommend testing with a sample of leftover yarn before washing the sweater. Do not tumble dry — instead follow the towel method described above. Since all washing machines are different, we most strongly recommend washing by hand.
"A friend of my daughter's, Marthe, had knitted herself a Skappel sweater and was tremendously proud of it. For some reason the sweater ended up in the washing machine and came out again in a size 3-year-old — compact as a felted slipper and stiff as cardboard. She had to accept, unfortunately, that the sweater was beyond saving and headed for the bin. Then her father appeared and asked if he could take the little sweater hunting with him? He got terribly cold sitting on elk watch. So the sleeves were cut off, and the sweater became a warm seat cushion for a freezing backside. Every cloud has a silver lining!"
– Head of design, Dorthe Skappel 🌻