never ever wash a swannie ever, and that's all there is to it. or, as an alternative never ever wash a swannie ever, and that's all there is to it.
the technical side of is it, is that the scales on the wool fibres make it a self cleaning fabric. as they abrade against each other these scale rub the dirt out. these barbs and scales are what makes felt possible. the natural oils in the wool keep it weather resistant.
if you want it to smell nice, stand downwind of a smokey fire, and get it smelling really smokey.
if you really want to wash one in a washing machine. follow a similar method to what you would do with a goretex coat.
run your washing machine through a cycle or two to clean all the detergent out of the system. put nothing in it at all, you just want to rinse the machine out.
then wash your swannie on the gentlest low temperature wash with pure soap, do not use detergents.
swannies might well be preshrunk. but in case there's any confusion, never ever wash a swannie ever, and that's all there is to it. or as an alternative, never ever wash a swannie ever, and that's all there is to it.
do i need to repeat that?
my wife being a couple of sizes smaller than me has a couple more swannies than me. all the ones that we've attempted to wash at least. the one that's never been washed, still fits, still smells good still looks good. relatively. never ever wash a swannie ever, and that's all there is to it. or as an alternative never ever wash a swannie ever, and that's all there is to it.
cheers, and.
