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I have a pretty wool blend sweater that I'd like to wear. The shoulders are kinked badly, looks like it was hung on a pretty square clothes hanger when wet. I'd like to smooth down the kinks in the shoulders.

I'm thinking steam tightens up wool, if I wash the sweater and while it's wet, press it back into shape with an iron, would it work? After that it would get dried flat on a rack.

Any better ideas?

It's really pretty, it's black and beaded with iridescent black beads. I'd love to be able to wear it. :D

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That's partly going to depend on what it's blended with, and at what ratio. Some of those things it's possibly blended with have the potential to melt into super shiny blobs, very quickly, even with a lower heat,  while others would be perfectly fine, or even work best with heat.

You might actually start out with ice cubes, laying it out, setting an ice cube in each spot to melt, then laying it out flat and gently pushing the fibers back into place & letting it dry - a type of blocking. This works with carpets that have furniture dents in them and can work with apparel, too.

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Just plain blocking I can do.
It's... Just checked, not as much wool as I thought. 80% acrylic, 20% wool.
I'll try blocking it.
Thank you!!

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Sounds elegant and lovely.  My first thought, or something to try if blocking is a bust: a decorative patch of some kind.

Maybe steaming would shrink the fiber without melting it.

Another possible strategy would be running stitch on the back side, then gathering?

And another thought,(my mind just keeps pumping out options!) what if you put it in the dryer with a moist towel?

I hope something works 😊

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It's finally blocked, I'll see how it comes out. Looking at it closely while I was doing it, I bet it had shoulder pads. I put matching cereal bowls under each side, and blocked it to that shape.  It took the blocking, the peaks went down. Hope it works!  It's really pretty. I like gaudy black...

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Post a photo after the blocking is done!  I am really curious!

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The sweater, with NO stupid corners!! Still doing final drying on the rack.  
It worked!! YAY!!!

I have a lot of that black iridescent bead jewelry. That's why I wanted the sweater :D





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Oh yeah!  That’s a beauty!  I wouldn’t mind having a similar one !

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Yay!! I am so glad it worked!!

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I ended up looking at it closely, part of the problem is it was made to have shoulder pads. I took a curve off the top of the seam where the shoulder hits the sleeve, and that brought it to properly level. Even after I had the hanger marks out, it poked up if I moved.

I'm wearing it today for New Year's in the living room, by myself, but I look snazzy :D

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Good for you, Pearl.

I’m sitting next to my fire, listening to Catch 22 .

I’m wearing my jeans and work clothes not yet rags.  I am covered in chain saw “dust”.

Maybe I am looking snazzy too, but definitely a different kind of snazzy 😁

Happy new year

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