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Bumpy bits on cashmere and wool

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Ngaio1 Sat 14-Sep-19 20:46:22

I have been sorting my autumn/winter clothes today and find that a few of my jumpers/cardigans have little balls of compressed wool on them. I know I can buy a machine to deal with this but wonder if gransnetters have any tried and test tips, please?

Doodledog Sat 14-Sep-19 20:49:22

You can get a cashmere comb, which will de-pill your jumpers without shaving them.

Something like this:

Fennel Sun 15-Sep-19 08:56:54

If they're small, it might work to wrap some masking tape around your hand, sticky side out. Then rub it over the wool

annsixty Sun 15-Sep-19 09:02:28

I have the same problem and after that advice I am going to try using the pet roller I use for getting cat hairs off my clothes.
I will report back.

Doodledog Sun 15-Sep-19 19:25:56

Sorry; but that advice will remove other fibres as well as the pill, so your expensive things will wear out quickly.

A cashmere comb will protect the rest of the jumper, and just remove the pills.

Coolgran65 Sun 15-Sep-19 19:58:38

I don't have any cashmere but last winter I bought a few nice long wool jumpers. They were not cheap. One was £80. After two wearings it had started to ball all over the front. really shabby looking.

The others went the same way and it has put me off wool.

Fennel Sun 15-Sep-19 20:08:44

I have several woollen jumpers from Woolovers and have never had the problem with pilling. Cool machine wash.

Doodledog Sun 15-Sep-19 20:16:44

I knit a lot, with luxury fibres, and a lot of them do pill, just with wear. It's not a sign of a cheap garment - quite the reverse.

Cheaper fibres can be shaved with one of those battery operated shavers (specially for woollens, not for stubble!), but I wouldn't use one on cashmere.