No matter what type of cashmere or wool you are washing, you can follow the same steps outlined below. "All animals in the wool family, whether sheep, alpaca, mohair, lamb, merino, or camel employ the same cleaning process," Whiting says. Measure First The original dimensions of your swea...
To avoid long-term damage,socks made from delicate material, such as cashmere, silk, and Merino wool socks, should most definitely be hand-washed. If you ever find yourself without use of a washing machine, any sock can be hand-washed in a pinch. Just follow these steps: Fill a sink w...
When it comes to carry-on only, I like to minimize the need for my toiletry bag as much as humanly possible. It just makes it easier going through TSA and the smaller my liquids bag, the less I worry about an agent pulling me aside and making me repack the whole thing or potentially...
Merino wool – look for the Woolmark logo which is an indication of a higher quality merino – merino wool is a longer fibre wool, which is why it doesn’t pill as easily as cheaper wools which have shorter staple fibres (each of those ends of the wool stick up – making you itchy, ...
Let’s say that you’re flying to the same two cities 50-80% of the time, as I do. When I land in New York City, this is what I find already placed in my hotel room: It is a trunk that contains almost everything I could need for a week. Believe it or not, it was provided...