Put the jumper in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer for 24 hours. This will stop the itching (which comes from short fibres poking through the yarn). Dunno why it works but it does.
Comment on Discussion Thread 🐢 Wednesday 5 August 2026
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
observations on enshitification
this morning put on new alpaca and sheep wool mix jumper, tried it on in shop, it was warm and comfortable fit and felt soft to touch
at home wear for 10 minutes, damn it’s itchy even through long sleeve spencer, why is the wool so crappy,
I wonder if it’s “shoddy” ie reprocessed wool from recycled garments
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 month ago
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
I love that people somehow come up with things like this, it’s great.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Standard practice for any woolly item containing cashmere too. If it’s real cashmere, there’s always a few stiff goat hairs included and they itch something shocking. Freezing the item seems to solve the problem.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 month ago
ok, thanks, I’ll try it
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 month ago
The enshitifcation of the world just gets me down. I have to actively choose to not think about it because it makes me so angry and upset. In fact, I went into a rant and backspaced the whole thing because I’m trying to stay calm.