Unshrink Your Favorites!

So I just saw this on one of my favorite blogs and hope it works for me, too! Did you know that it’s possible to “unshrink” your favorite clothes?! I absolutely loath shrinking pants legs. I’m 5’10” to begin with, so as my jeans and sweatpants start to shrink they almost instantly become way too short to wear (I also absolutely loath “high-waters” as we always called). Here’s hopefully a solution to help my wardrobe last a while longer.

Fill up your sink with lukewarm water and a capful of baby shampoo. Allow your clothing item to soak for a while in the solution. Remove the item and wring it out gently. **Don’t rinse it out.**

Next, lay the item out on a dry towel, and roll it up (absorbing that excess water out of it). Get another dry towel and repeat that step. Once you’ve done it a second time, unroll the cloth and towel, laying it out to dry the rest of the way. As it’s drying, gently stretch the item out, little by little, to its original size/length. Once it’s dry, try it on to see how close to un-shrunk you’ve gotten it! If you need to unshrink it a little more do the usual “rinse & repeat.”