According to Yokoji, the best way to wash wool at home is to hand wash with a fabric-specific formula, like The Laundress Wool & Cashmere Shampoo. These types of garment cleaners are optimized to be ...

Clothing tags often say you need to dry clean wool and silk garments. But more often than not, you can get away with hand washing. By Jennifer Hunter Ms. Hunter is an editor at Wirecutter, a product ...

Use cold water, gentle detergent, and a mesh bag to machine or hand wash wool sweaters safely. Always air dry flat after pressing out moisture with a towel to avoid shrinking or warping. Pre-treat ...

To make sure your wool sweater stays in good condition all winter long, washing it correctly is essential. If you toss a wool ...

New York City stylist Liz Teich says that most items commonly dry cleaned don't need to be. Getty Images/iStockphoto If you’ve gotten into the habit of lugging your wool knits, cashmere cardigans and ...

I know I’m going to get letters from dry cleaners again, but I will offer my opinion that wool garments should be dry-cleaned only when they are dirty. Dry cleaning is actually harder on buttons than ...

How do damp clothes dry at room temperature? Water molecules on the clothes are attracted to other water molecules and also to the molecules that make up the clothing. Each water molecule finds itself ...