Monday, July 29, 2013

Why Knot?

At a previous game night, I wore a white skirt I had never worn before.

I'm kind of getting used to the fact that I can't just put clothes in the washer and dryer and wear them.  I check the label to see what I have to do.  Hand wash, machine wash cold with like colours, dry flat, iron to restore shape if necessary, tumble dry low, dry clean only, beat on stone in creek, and so on.

The white skirt label said

MACHINE WASH COLD
GENTLY CYCLE WITH
LIKE COLORS
ONLY NON-CHLORINE
BLEACH WHEN NEEDED
REMOVE PROMPTLY
WHILE DAMP HOLD
BOTH ENDS TWIST
TIGHTLY AND KNOT
TUMBLE DRY LOW
DO NOT IRON

First off, the skirt is white and kind of see-thru even with the lining.  I wore a slip with it.  So why the heck did they put a black label inside?  Second, who came up with the bright idea of putting one label at the top in the back with garment construction and another lower down with the washing instructions?  Mostly, I've noticed they're near the hem; in this skirt they were about four inches below the waist.

So I tried: I twisted the skirt and knotted it but not too tightly.  I was afraid of ruining it.

The knot came out.

This was about a week ago.  Today was laundry day and I pulled out the skirt,  soaked it under a faucet, put it in the washer spin cycle.  From there, I twisted it tightly and knotted it equally tightly.

It worked!

Wrong (Smooth) on Left; Right (Crinkly) on Right
Crinkly Hem Closeup ~ click to see detail

3 comments:

  1. Meg -

    Don't believe everything said in the cleaning instructions. Some garments also need more special handling than the instructions state - such as garments with glued on bling..... I had followed the instructions for washing a dress, and accidentally ruined it because of some sparkles falling off. Knowing what I know now, I'd have put the dress in a delicates bag, and laundered it in the bad. Other garments MUST be kept separate - a couple of black garments I own have dyes which still run after a couple of washings. So I hand wash them separately from everything, just so the black dyes don't affect the other colors.

    M

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  2. One thing about guy clothes: cleaning and maintenance tends to be much less complicated than with women's clothing. Or it may just be that I'm not as concerned with my appearance in guy mode.

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