Stretching Kilt hose?

[cacunn]

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http://antiques.search.ebay.com/_Ant...assZladybug007
http://www.needletrax.com/blockers.htm
https://www.yankeepostman.com/prodinfo.asp?number=493

I know the idea is to use these instead of the dryer but you should have a set around just in case.

With a little handy craft, which dos not seem to be in short supply with this group, you can make you own.

[The Supreme Canuck]

I've never had a problem with this. Mine will shrink in the wash, but then stretch back out to normal when I wear them.

[cacunn]

I've never had a problem with this. Mine will shrink in the wash, but then stretch back out to normal when I wear them.

Hot water plus agitation plus hot air and agitation = felting

Normally when you hand wash there is minimal agitation and therefore minimal felting. This felting can be broken when worn. Massive felting can't be undone.

[BoldHighlander]

My future mother-in-law decided to "be nice" today and washed some of my clothes. I know she meant well, but she threw my brand new black wool kilt hose into the regular wash, then ran them through the dryer.

Sorry, you brought back old memories of my mother-in-law trying to be "helpful" once (fortunately not with kilt hose). Needless to say she won't do that again

[JimB]

I've got a pair that I love that got shrunk too.
I thought they were a lost cause. Fortunately they are not felted, so I will try the wet & stretch method.
Thanks! This site is a wealth of knowledge

[cacunn]

I have a red mesh bag that hangs on my laundry hamper tha I put wool into. My wife knows not to touch that bag if she does my laundry.

[Colin]

That sucks!!! I made that same mistake once (once was all it took). I now have a great pair of cream coloured hose that work really well scrunched down with boots

I tried to re-stretch them, but ended up buying a new pair.

[Chef]

So the opposite side of this question is has anyone successfully shrunk hose that got stretched out a bit too much?

[James MacMillan]

So the opposite side of this question is has anyone successfully shrunk hose that got stretched out a bit too much?

I never tried to shrink anything - That goes counter to my entire life style.

Who in the world would ever want to shrink a piece of clothing?

Leave them in the closet, and they will shrink all by themselves! At least that's what happens for me.

[ChattanCat]

So the opposite side of this question is has anyone successfully shrunk hose that got stretched out a bit too much?

I would think that once it felts, it all felts up and shrinkage is uncontrollable and unreversable.