angora in freezer?

I bought a couple part–angora sweaters yesterday. They were practically
giving them away at Marshall's... I washed them and, not surprisingly,
there is a fair amount of pilling. Maybe not "pilling" exactly––small,
fluffy clouds that I can remove easily by hand. I seem to recall something
about putting angora sweaters in the freezer to reduce shedding, but I don't
know:
A) If it's an old wives' tale
2) Do I have to do this all the time? Keep it in the freezer (year, right)?
Will the shedding diminish eventually?
Like I said, they were practically free so I'm not looking at them as
investment sweaters. (I paid less than $20 for the two of them.)
tia,
cofarb

<<< I bought a couple part–angora sweaters yesterday. They were
practically
giving them away at Marshall's... I washed them and, not surprisingly,
there is a fair amount of pilling. Maybe not "pilling" exactly––small,
fluffy clouds that I can remove easily by hand. I seem to recall
something
about putting angora sweaters in the freezer to reduce shedding, but I
don't
know:
A) If it's an old wives' tale
2) Do I have to do this all the time? Keep it in the freezer (year,
right)?
Will the shedding diminish eventually? >>>
Put each individual sweater in a zip–lock bag in the freezer overnight
and you will notice a huge reduction in the amount of shedding. As
time goes on, it may diminish on its own, and dry–cleaning can also
help counter the shedding effect. I recently bought a sweater shaver
at Walgreens and it helps a great deal when I have a few fuzzies on my
sweaters.
HTH!
––Laura

cofarb wrote:
I've never actually done this myself, but I work PT in a clothing
store, so I've heard this before. I also recently saw it in Lucky
magazine, so there may be some truth to it––let us know how it works!
I've been told that you only have to do it once, just leave it in the
freezer for a few hours. Not sure scientifically what it does to the
fibers to make them shed less.

"K.M." <drew13...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Now I'm starting to wonder if I put my cats in the freezer...
cofarb

On Sat, 7 Jan 2006 09:15:06 –0500, "cofarb" wrote:
I've never actually done this myself, but I work PT in a clothing
store, so I've heard this before. I also recently saw it in Lucky
magazine, so there may be some truth to it––let us know how it works!
I've been told that you only have to do it once, just leave it in the
freezer for a few hours. Not sure scientifically what it does to the
fibers to make them shed less.
In that case, all you get is Catsicles. <grin/duck>

OK, where are our science mavens?? Now I really, really, really want
to know the answer to this question!

"EMiriamD" <emiri...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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DH is a Phi Beta Kappa in chemistry. He does not think putting sweaters
in the freezer is a good idea. According to him, all things have
moisture so what you are doing is immobilizing or freezing the fur
fibers. In the long run though he thinks it would change the texture of
the wool and used the example of taking a towel from the linen closet
and freezing it. It will be stiffer. I probably left out some of the
key points but that's the basic idea.
Audrey

arb
Our Flamepoint Siamese, and other cat, go outside in freezing weather.
They don't shed much in the winter.
They also double in size, and it's not all fur.

"cofarb" <do...@cofarb.com> wrote in message
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Tell me if it works with the cats. We have a flamepoint Siamese who
doubles the size of his fur in the winter.
Audrey

"Madge" <ma...@yahoo.net> wrote in message
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They must think they are polar bears and need to eat more before
hibernation. I find huge chunks of fur everywhere in the spring.