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What the fabric looks like after fifty washes
Short answer: After fifty washes the fabric is thinner, the colour more matte and the elastic weaker. The garment usu...
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When a sock is worn out
Short answer: You can tell by three things: the skin shows through the heel, the cuff no longer holds the sock up, or...
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Washing inside out
Short answer: Turn clothes inside out before washing. It protects the right side from friction and is the easiest way...
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What you can do with worn out clothes
Short answer: Cut it into rags, put it to use around the house, or take it to textile collection. Worn out clothes do...
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Stretch that gives through the day
Short answer: All knitted fabrics give a little from body heat and moisture. With elastane the shape returns, without...
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Zips and hook and loop fastenings that ruin bamboo fabric in the wash
Short answer: Open zips and hook-and-loop fasteners snag thin fibres throughout the whole cycle. Close them before wa...
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A hole in the toe of your socks again and again
Short answer: A hole in the same spot often comes from a nail, a shoe edge, or a gait that stresses exactly that poin...
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Shiny elbows and knees on bamboo fabric
Short answer: Shiny patches are fibers that have been pressed flat by friction. They cannot be fully undone, but stea...
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What you can use worn out clothes for
Short answer: Worn clothes can be used as loungewear at home, as work clothes in the garden and finally as cleaning c...
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When it is time to replace the whole drawer
Short answer: When half the items in the drawer are worn, the best ones get used all the time and the rest just sit t...
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The elastic that has gone
Short answer: A broken elastic in a waistband can be replaced, but on underwear and socks it is rarely worth it. If t...
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Socks with thin heels
Short answer: The heel wears thin long before a hole appears. It is caused by friction against the heel counter of th...
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