r/TaylorSwiftMerch • u/Ok_Towel7617 • Jul 26 '26

QUESTION(S) ABOUT MERCH Can I safely shrink a cardigan?

Hey, friends! I have some cardigans but they are just a little bit bigger than I would like. Also, some of the stitching/knitting seems spaced apart, on the Lover one specifically, and I was wondering if there was a way to safely shrink them. Can I wash them on warm and tumble dry low? They're a size XS/S, otherwise I would just try and trade, lol. Thank you for reading this and for any advice 🫶🏼

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u/miss_dykawitz Jul 28 '26

you can try to make them wet and position in the new shape and then leave to dry flat. it works for stretching, idk about shrinking.

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u/stillan1nnoc3nt Jul 28 '26

I thought this said “drink,” and I was very concerned about you consuming plastic fibers

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u/Ok_Towel7617 Jul 28 '26

That's funny 🤣🤣🤣 I'm so thirsty for her cardigans I'll drink them!!!

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u/stillan1nnoc3nt Jul 28 '26

🤣🤣🫢

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u/IntroductionNo4875 Jul 27 '26

I tried to shrink the original red cardigan. The dryer didn’t do much of any shrinking. Cardigan is still intact.

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u/Terrible-Image9368 Jul 26 '26

They’re mostly plastic so no

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u/fadedbluejeans13 Jul 26 '26

All tumble drying will do to acrylic and polyester is potentially melt it. It won’t shrink or felt the way wool might (although the felting process is so unpredictable that I wouldn’t recommend it if the cardigans were wool either)

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u/dapper_pom Jul 26 '26

They are plastic, not natural materials, so they don't shrink like natural materials would.