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Save Your Sweaters and Blankets: Shave Those Pills Away {Tutorial}

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I was horrified when I pulled my daughter’s blanket out of the dryer and found it was absolutely covered in pills from the new towels I washed it with (yeah yeah yeah – totally my fault). Now … how to FIX it!? I searched site after site and found some interesting contraptions that claimed to solve the problem including sweater stones and a battery-operated gadget. After reading several reviews I wasn’t going to run to the store to purchase something that several reviewers said gave marginal results. The most common solution was shaving the sweater or blanket. Yes, I said SHAVE it.

I just happened to have a dollar-store razor in the closet (note: this is a much better use for this razor as it was worthless on my legs – ouch). I tried it first in the corner and was as gentle as I could be. This beautiful blanket was lovingly crocheted by my daughter’s uncle and I knew she’d be upset if something happened to it. Who wants to explain a blanket shaving accident to a three-year old? Not me.

After I was sure this wouldn’t harm the blanket I was able to pull the razor pretty quickly with decent pressure (after all I had a HUGE blanket to cover and it did take some time to do it). Look at the pile of fuzz after covering this section! This blanket was striped so it was easy to do one or two stripes at a time and ensure I covered everything. I was thrilled! (Yeah I lead a pretty boring life if I’m excited over blanket fuzz right?)

After an hour or so my daughter was happily snuggling with her blankey friend and I have to say it looked better than ever! I’m happy to have this trick up my sleeve for those times when I need a quick fix. Even if I’m traveling I could find a sub-par vending machine razor.

35 Comments

  1. Thank you so much for this tip and tutorial. I am going to try this for sure on sweaters, coats and some special linens that have pilled.

  2. I am so excited. I have a long history of washing things together that obviously should not have been. I always thought you had to have one of those little electric sweater shavers to do this…but I have a WHOLE drawer in my bathroom full of dollar store razors I keep on hand in case I’m super desperate to shave and run out of the good ones. I’m SO doing this when I’m done on the computer!

  3. wow! this is a great idea! I have a pile of sweaters that are pilled, and I just didn’t know how to fix it

  4. I have always heard of doing this but have not tried it, I will have to give it a try and see how it workS!

  5. This is a fantastic time saver! I have known about it for years. I just thought everyone knew. I guess not. I hope that post will help with this annoying problem.

  6. Oh thank you for sharing this! I would have never thought to shave it and have spent WAY too much time picking the little lint balls off, one by one…

  7. This is what I always have done too! It works so well! I do worry about doing it though, it seems to me a sharp razor may thin an already thin sweater. So far so good though!

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