Caring for a mohair cardigan

honeychurch

honeychurch

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Picked up this gorgeous cardigan today in my local charity shop. (Probably 1980s?) It's handknit, but has this interesting Jaeger label - why would the person add this in? I was told it was mohair, and it certainly feels like it contains an amount of wool.
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Anyway, you can see someone washed this in a machine by the sagging lining, which doesn't bother me so much - but is there any way for me to fix the shrinkage on the sleeves? Possibly by pulling them while wet? I was thinking of bringing it to a dry cleaners too.
 
poppysvintageclothing said:
What a fun design! Looks like you have some sleeve tugging ahead of you.
I think it's from the late 60s.

I wonder if they sold knitting kits and the label was included?
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So if I do tug at the sleeves it might do some good? How should I wash it - like a normal wool sweater - luke warm water, washing up liquid, roll up in towel to squeeze out excess water, pull sleeves and dry flat?

I have no idea - it has a tag at the neckline saying 'an original by ursula', i was puzzled by the inclusion of the Jaeger label though, because if you used their wool, they wouldn't include a tag surely - so maybe they did have a kit!

I love the design too, a bit art nouveau. I looked at the labels resource and was puzzled by dating it as they had similar labels in the 60s/70s/80s
 
I would use a very gentle cleanser and wash in cold water. I would keep it as flat as possible even during the wash due to all the colours in it.

It's called Eucalan and you don't need to rinse with this product. You can copy and paste the following URL to learn more about it.

I do like this product for knits and delicate fabrics.

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http://www.eucalan.com/products/no-rinse-delicate-wash

My main concern with your sweater would be colour run, you should be able to get the sleeve into better shape.
 
Jaeger did/does offer hand knit sweater patterns one could buy. Looks like from the label they also offered their own yarns. Maybe the label came with the pattern or the yarn, or they both came in a kit?
 
poppysvintageclothing said:
I would use a very gentle cleanser and wash in cold water. I would keep it as flat as possible even during the wash due to all the colours in it.

It's called Eucalan and you don't need to rinse with this product. You can copy and paste the following URL to learn more about it.

I do like this product for knits and delicate fabrics.

Code: 
http://www.eucalan.com/products/no-rinse-delicate-wash

My main concern with your sweater would be colour run, you should be able to get the sleeve into better shape.
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Is there maybe a household or more common alternative you could suggest? Just checked that product out and my nearest stockist is 3 hours away :(
 
Jaeger used to sell both patterns and yarn - I have a couple of 1930s Jaeger knitting patterns.

As far as I know they've stopped producing either, but you can still buy leftover Jaeger knitting yarn from knitting suppliers, so I imagine they stopped producing yarn fairly recently. I think that the label came with yarn.

I would use Woolite, which is fairly widely available, - you do have to rinse it though. If it's already been through the wash that shrank it and stretched the lining, I wouldn't worry too much about colour running, as it would have happened in that wash if it was going to run. Also I think Jaeger yarns would be high quality and so fairly stable in dye, assuming it is really made from Jaeger yarn.
 
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