In Seattle, cold weather has descended so I thought it appropriate to talk about a weapon in your sweater care arsenal you may not know about: The Sweater Comb. Sweaters pill due to short or broken fibers gathering into balls, usually due to abrasion. In general, the longer the fibers of your sweater, the less… Continue reading Easy Cleaning: Sweater Combs
Two Stain Sticks Enter, And One Stain Lifts. I recently got a stain on my cashmere sweater. While some people might be thrown into feelings stress or irritation over this, I’m a costume weirdo and got excited because I finally get to comparison test some stain removers on cashmere! This is the first cashmere item… Continue reading Stain Stick Thunderdome
Last week’s Clothes to Dye For post featured guest writer Elizabeth Brammer discussing the Guppyfriend to limit microplastics. Liz returns this week with a few more tips to reduce microplastics. Opt for detergent with fewer microbeads. Detergent itself, more often than not, contains plastic (liquid form in liquid detergent, and microbeads in powder detergent). Organic… Continue reading Easy Cleaning: Reducing Microplastics, Part 2
This week’s Clothes to Dye For post is written by guest writer, Elizabeth Brammer, who talks about cleaning and microplastics! Welcome to the blog Liz! Plastic pollution in the world’s water is a huge environmental problem, and a large part of that stems from the fashion industry. Most people have seen images of the trash… Continue reading Easy Cleaning: Reducing Microplastics, Part 1
Another easy swap to make to save money and decrease waste is to invest in a safety razor. As with many things, I find that a safety razor is far superior to most modern razors. It’s another example of how sometimes the old way of doing things really is the better way–both for people, and… Continue reading Easy Swaps: Safety Razors
I’ve always had a reaction to commercially made eye make-up removers–they make my eyes burn. As a result, I often avoided eye make-up that would require me to use those make-up removers. Over the years, I finally settled on the lesser of many evils–one that got the job done reasonably well, and was the least… Continue reading DIY: Eye Make-up Remover
About a year ago I replaced my dryer sheets with wool dryer balls, which are zero waste, and have zero fragrance for me to have an allergic reaction to. Overall, they’ve been a win. It cost me about $12 for the initial purchase, and I figure they will pay for themselves in 1-2 years. I’d… Continue reading Easy Cleaning Swaps: Wool Dryer Balls
So I want to talk a little bit about the basics of washing garments by hand. This post is going to cover general washing. Stain removal will be covered in a future post. Hand washing is often a good alternative to machine washing and dry cleaning. I often hand wash garments that would be more… Continue reading DIY Cleaning: Hand Washing 101
I tend to think that I am fairly easy going on many clothing related things. Live and let live! To each their own! Friends, Febreze is not one of the things I am easy going about. As an asthmatic with allergy problems, Frebreze and I have had a long, hostile relationship. As a teenager starting… Continue reading Febreze is the Devil’s Brew