Yellowed Shawl
Dear Aunt Daisy, I am one of your Auckland listeners and I thought I'd write and ask you about a small problem. I have a very lacy, fine baby shawl, hand-knitted in fine 2-ply wool. It has gone quite a grubby credm colour. How can I get it back to white without harming the wool? "Mrs. L.M.N.," Mt. Roskill. The Home Science Department of the University of Otago tells us this: Should you need to use a bleach on white woollens, either for stain removal or to get rid of a general yellowing, then you can safely use the bleach sodium perborate available from the chemist. This will not harm the woollens, and in fact leaves them soft and fluffy. You can soak the garment for up to half an hour in a warm soapy solution, adding a pint of water in which is dissolved 4 level tablespoons sodium perborate, Rinse thoroughly.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 794, 8 October 1954, Page 33
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154Yellowed Shawl New Zealand Listener, Volume 31, Issue 794, 8 October 1954, Page 33
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