# Nice Wool Sweaters

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-wool-sweaters/95154>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 25, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-wool-sweaters/95154 "2001-11-25T15:25:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-wool-sweaters/95154/1 "2001-11-25T15:25:54Z")

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Is there any way to unshrink and soften a wool sweater that I’ve loved for years and years and that was accidently put into the dryer because I’m a scatterbrained f-ing idiot?

sincerely,

jar

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2001, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nice-wool-sweaters/95154/2 "2001-11-25T15:57:20Z")

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