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Login/Join to ParticipateNinja (shhhh, don't tell)
420 posts
Location: Truro, UK
this sucks, and its a disaster of my own making!
i've washed my treasured t-shirts on a too hot wash, and therefore shrunk 'em! they're still wearable, but the sleeves are all shorter, stopping well above my elbows.
can anyone help? is there a way to make them bigger again?
i've looked on the search engines and they mostly give me tips on wools.
I only wanted to be 16... and free
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
the only way i know is to stretch 'em when wet. They may never be quite how they were.....
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Mistress of Pink...Multicoloured
6,140 posts
Location: Over There, United Kingdom
I always got told to iron it whilst stretching the clothing,
Hope it works out
Never pick up a duck in a dungeon...
Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
420 posts
Location: Truro, UK
thankyou.
when i'm ironing and stretching, are they supposed to be wet?
won't ironing (the heat) make them even smaller?
i' m such a homesteading doofus!
I only wanted to be 16... and free
1,359 posts
Location: London/ Surrey
stretch wet, steam iron when dry.....iron along the sleeve, in the direction you want it to stretch.
The optimist claims that we are living in the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears this is true.
Always make time to play in the snow.
not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
ive got a plan...
change of image... you can turn into a person who wears tight t shirts, you know the ones....
has a few advantages as far as i can see.
no baggyness to get caught on spinneyness
and you get to show off your manly build..
so be thankfull for things shrinking
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
420 posts
Location: Truro, UK
manly build indeed!
does a burgeoning paunch count as manly?
I only wanted to be 16... and free
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
i tend to stretch some of my favourite t-shirts by accident by sleeping in them. over the course of a week. aw man i sound like a slob.
:lets open a window:
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not with cactus
2,052 posts
Location: bristol/ southern eastern devon, United Kingdom
im really not sure, but id like to think it did, sounds kinda like a 60 year old whiskey drinking man though...
Me train running low on soul coal
They push+pull tactics are driving me loco
They shouldn't do that no no no
Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
420 posts
Location: Truro, UK
*hurriedly rushes off to a mirror to check out self image*
I only wanted to be 16... and free
1,079 posts
Location: Canterbury, UK
dude, wear the tightness for spinnig, like you told y gran, remember?
hope ur cool otherwise.
take care
DB
D.B.
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Master of the Free Hug Program
940 posts
You can donate them to someone who likes really short sleeves and get new shirts.
Okay, um... stretching while wet sounds like a good idea, and I'd suggest you find a way to keep them stretched as they dry. Build an impromptu rack and stretch 'em on it, the scoundrels!
E pluribus unum, baby.
Keeper of the Spitfire
2,317 posts
Location: Calgary Canada
I gotta go with oli on this one...
Definitely go for the tighter t.shirt.
Less clothing to get caught on torches, and if you don't have that manly physique to show off in them, then it will give you something to aspire to!
I'm sure tight t.shirts will do you justice. Still...is a bummer bout shrinkin them though.
Good luck with the iron if thats what you choose. Hehe. Gotta laugh tho...
Lets steal a spaceship and head for the sun, and shoot the stars with a lemonade ray gun.
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
find a really fat person and ask them to wear it for a few days.
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
old hand
1,107 posts
Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
Just wear them and they'll eventually return to sort of normal.
Baggyness should be banned; it hides small bodies and makes larger ones look twice the size. Embrace tight, it's the 21st century after all and we should all be wearing skin tight luminous lycra and travelling on personal hovercraft with our robot servants in tow.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
10th degree spoon weilder
171 posts
Location: Halifax, Canada (currently in Korea)
quote:hehehehehe good one.
Originally posted by Dentrassi:
find a really fat person and ask them to wear it for a few days.
To find the answer find the source.
Put yourself in the washer on too hot for a while. In theory they SHOULD fit again.
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2,419 posts
Location: la-la land
when I need a new t-shirt I shrink Mr5's 'by accident' got my self a really nice Bench hoodie this weekend.. well it was a bit too small for him anyway
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2,419 posts
Location: la-la land
when I need a new t-shirt I shrink Mr5's 'by accident' got my self a really nice Bench hoodie this weekend.. well it was a bit too small for him anyway
I honour you as an aspect of myself..
You are never to old to storm a bouncey castle..
15,417 posts
Location: South Wales
just a few points as i sit here wondering, pondering and thinking, cup of tea in hand:
1) tight clothing is bad, in the way that michael jackson is, or in the way that Alma Coogan isnt. This is because it leaves you vunerable to your nipple-crippling chums. And on a cold day, this can prove rather costly.
2) I do not belive you have said just how small the clothes have shrunken to... are they simply for you, too small, or do you just need to diet, lardass?
Carpal \'Tunnel
3,009 posts
Location: Bristol, UK
Ditch that skater baggy clothes style. Tigher clothers make you look taller - look at me, I'm 5 foot 3 and everyone thinks I'm 6 foot 6!
Or go punk - cut out the printed designs on your t-shirts and safety pin they to new, bigger t-shirts. You'll be the envy of your friends and the talk of the town!
Ninja (shhhh, don't tell)
420 posts
Location: Truro, UK
he he, thanks for all the ideas. i've got one in a test rack (cardboard) at the moment. i'm not letting it out 'til it talks! mwahahaha
oh, and ucof, i'm no lardy boy, i like to think i'm reasonably svelte! the body of the t shirts are fine, its just the sleeves that make me feel uncomfortable. they all stop an inch or two above my elbows now
I only wanted to be 16... and free
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
quote:really?
Originally posted by Døm:
look at me, I'm 5 foot 3 and everyone thinks I'm 6 foot 6!
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
1,079 posts
Location: Canterbury, UK
wow dom, fooled me...
erm ask me gran capt, she's a veritable fountain oif knowledge if not youth.
i put a lot of faith in me gran me. shes lovely.
D.B.
X x X x X
Ship off the starboard! sound general quarters! noise and light discipline! man the cannons! GET ME THE RUM!
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