getting the crinkles back

shoequeen

Hope someone on this site is more domesticated than me!

I have a couple of crinkle cotton shirts. The sort that aren't supposed to need ironing & have like a textured finish (crinkled - not wrinkled!).

Anyway. Theyd be great for work & save me buying new. Except when I wash them they look wrinkled & the only answer is to iron them. Then they're flat, not crinkly. And, to be honest, I'm allergic to ironing!

The washing instructions say twist while damp. I know this is v thick of me - but how do I get them dry then? I don't tumble. So it's on the line outside, or on theradiators if it's winter. Please - explain to a laundry idiot.

Look forward to learning how you do it. Do I need equipment???

kazwookie

I just twist them, and then put them in the airing cupboard and I never iron them!!

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

I twist them and roll them up in a towel, and wedge it down the back of the radiator... you don't have to have the heating on...it just keeps them squeezed and helps the towel absorb the moisture and dry them quicker

shoequeen

Airing cupboard is specialist equipment I don't have! But towels & radiators aplenty, so that might work. Thank you!

Any way of doing it on the washing line?

pigpen

I just take them out of the WM and bung on a hanger.. a slower spin I found worked better at preventing the wrinkles.. rather than the crinkles

whatatwit

I've sometimes resorted to steaming mine with the iron.
Not touching the shirt, just holding the iron close and belting out loads of steam.

kidcurry

I hold my crinkle-shirt on the shoulder-seams and shake it to remove any wash-creases going in the wrong direction, then fold it in half lengthways, then twist it all the way down.

Then it can be laid on the top of the rad, or tied in a knot over the washing-line. It will take quite a while to dry tho!

Debt_Free_Chick

I use the rinse hold function on the WM, then drain the water. Take the shirt out, fold it in half lengthwise, repeat as often as you can. Then pull a popsock :eek: over it - again lengthwise - then put it back in the WM to spin.

Sounds longwinded, but just another variation on the "twist in a towel" method.

ailuro2

I give them a shake, then hang it on a clothes hanger until a bit drier than damp but not quite dried, then I do the rolling it up thing, but I roll the sleeves in first so there's not a crease in the middle from folding it in half.

Then I sit it on top of a radiator, and they always turn out fine.

If you want really tight crinkles twist it until it starts to curl then use a hair bobble to secure each end and stop it becoming undone.Then put it on the radiator again.

chardonnay_2

i usually twist the top and tie in a knot while damp and leave it for a day and then open it out to dry and it will keep it's shape.