simple:
It won't need washing after every use, only when it starts to smell,
which I find happens about every 2-3 weeks when used every night.
To preserve the lanolin coating it is best to handwash using a wool
wash which contains lanolin:
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Fill a bowl with enough hand warm water to cover your wool & add a
generous squeeze of wool wash.
Place the wool into the water & squeeze to make sure the water is
fully absorbed.
Leave to soak for at least 30 minutes or overnight.
Take the wool out of the water and spin in the washing machine. Any
speed will be fine as on it's own the wool will stich to the side of
the drum. (I usually turn longies inside out to prevent felting)
Air dry flat to keep the shape.
When the wool starts to feel damp on the outside you will need to re-
lanolise it. I usually lanolise at every other wash. I.e. roughly
every 6 weeks.
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Place a teaspoon of lanolin in a mug of boiled water and stir until
lanolin is completely melted.
Add a generous squeeze of wool wash or baby wash and stir. The mixture
should go a milky white colour and there should be no oily lanolin
floating on the surface. Add more wash if necessary.
Add the lanolin mixture to a bowl of hand warm water and continue as
for regular handwashing above.
The lanolising process also washes, so it is not necessary to wash the
wool first.
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