Drying sweaters not using dryer

amother

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:14 pm

Looking for advice

I have lots of sweaters that say to lay flat to dry.
If I hang them, I ruin them because of the shape of the hanger.
But when laying flat on a bed, they take a long time to dry and sometimes smell like they were wet too long...

What's your method for drying sweaters?

ShaniF

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:16 pm

I have a drying rack and hang them all on it.

mha3484

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:16 pm

I dry everything on extra low heat and I have yet to ruin anything. Hang drying takes too long. The only thing I use regular heat for is towels and bedding. Everything else is the lowest setting on the dryer.

amother

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:17 pm

scruffy wrote:

Hang on drying rack.

Do you mean a flat drying rack with lots of rows of wire or rods?
You out the sweater out flat of folded over the bar like a pair of pants?

scruffy

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:17 pm

amother OP wrote:

Do you mean a flat drying rack with lots of rows of wire or rods?
You out the sweater out flat of folded over the bar like a pair of pants?

Yes, folded over a rod.

613mitzvahgirl

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:18 pm

W also say drying rack, we also dry on a towel on a towel and this way they don’t lose their shape.

amother

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:19 pm

Like this?
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonB.....psc=1

Thanks everyone for your responses

amother

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:19 pm

scruffy wrote:

Yes, folded over a rod.

Thank you

It doesn't give it a funny crease?

scruffy

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:21 pm

amother OP wrote:

Thank you

It doesn't give it a funny crease?

Most do just fine, my drying rack also has a few thicker rods on the outside that I use for more delicate sweaters.

B'Syata D'Shmya

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:26 pm

So I got creative and lay the sweaters flat on child proof gates * that I had but no longer had use for...I lie it flat either on something or between two chairs. I took the instructions literally so I dont hang but lie flat. A well vented room does best.
* something similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Regalo-.....;th=1

B'Syata D'Shmya

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:28 pm

This actually looks interesting:
https://www.amazon.com/Greenco.....=8-15

amother

Lightpink

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:52 pm

I just bought myself this as a present recently. We had a much smaller one, but it broke, and with my girls getting older we really needed something bigger:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod.....;th=1

amother

Lightpink

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 12:53 pm

amother OP wrote:

Like this?
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonB.....psc=1

Thanks everyone for your responses

This is the kind we had for many years, more or less.

zaq

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 2:12 pm

I lay the sweater flat on a towel spread over a drying rack. You could even use a window screen or wire refrigerator or oven shelf placed across the backs of two chairs or across the bathtub. You want air circulation from above and below.

lucky14

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 2:12 pm

amother OP wrote:

Like this?
https://www.amazon.com/AmazonB.....psc=1

Thanks everyone for your responses

I don’t drape them over one rod. I’d drape one across the top. Then I’d drape another across one of the outer rods and one of the inner rods of that drying rack. Does that make sense? I think they dry faster and better that way.

zaq

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 2:14 pm

amother

Birch

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 2:17 pm

Here’s the correct way to dry sweaters.

Another gadget , centrifugal clothes spinner

https://www.amazon.com/Laundry.....f9840

lucky14

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 2:18 pm

https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-La.....;th=1

We have something like this. I’m sure we didn’t pay that much for what we have but it’s something very similar.

But I wouldn’t drape a delicate sweater over just one rod.

Sunny Days

Wed, Nov 01 2023, 3:02 pm

The ladies in my bungalow colony said they got small dehumidifiers and keep them near the drying rack- apparently it reduces the drying time a lot.
Never tried it though.