{"id":6429,"date":"2026-04-08T14:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/what-can-you-do-about-wool-pilling\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T15:08:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T13:08:21","slug":"what-can-you-do-about-wool-pilling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/en\/what-can-you-do-about-wool-pilling\/","title":{"rendered":"What can you do about wool pilling?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    <div id=\"row-1977021503\" class=\"row large-columns-3 medium-columns-1 small-columns-1 row-full-width row-masonry\" data-packery-options='{\"itemSelector\": \".col\", \"gutter\": 0, \"presentageWidth\" : true}'>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2024712902\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-633033263\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1235967705\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2279299939\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Help, my new wool sweater, slipper, cardigan, jacket, or blanket is pilling\u2014read our blog to find out what you can do when your wool sweater starts to pill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You\u2019ve just bought a new sweater and worn it only once, yet it already looks like a well-worn garment, covered in fuzz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">However, it is not just sweaters that can pill; this can also happen with wool blankets, felted slippers, jackets, and cardigans.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some people think that fuzzing\u2014or what is also known as pilling\u2014is related to the quality of the wool. But that is not necessarily the case at all. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Pilling occurs due to friction on the wool; the wool fibers tangle together, creating that fuzzy, matted look. While wearing the garment, this can be caused by things like leaning your back against a chair, your elbows rubbing against a tabletop, or pulling a coat on over your wool clothing\u2014there are countless situations where your sweater comes into contact with abrasive surfaces. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><u>What can you do about the wool pilling?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When washing a wool garment, you can wash it alongside another rough item\u2014such as a coarse towel\u2014but naturally, you must use the wool cycle with a lanolin-based wool detergent, avoid high-speed spinning, and not tumble dry it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><u>Can you remove the lint as well?<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><strong>Never remove lint by pulling it off by hand; doing so damages the wool.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can indeed remove the lint by using a lint shaver.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can also remove lint with a pumice stone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Always be careful when working with a knife; it is easy to slip, and then you\u2019ll end up with a hole in your garment or blanket.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2279299939 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  line-height: 1.4;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/product\/pluizen-tondeuse\/\" class=\"button primary is-outline\" style=\"border-radius:99px;\">\n\t\t<span>Shop this fabric shaver now<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1984842101\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Wol-tondeuse1-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"wool fabric shaver\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Wol-tondeuse1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Wol-tondeuse1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Wol-tondeuse1-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Wol-tondeuse1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Wol-tondeuse1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.liebo.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Wol-tondeuse1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1984842101 {\n  width: 62%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_2024712902 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What can you do if your wool sweater starts to pill?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2612,2613,2611,2610],"class_list":["post-6429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-niet-gecategoriseerd","tag-fabric-shaver","tag-pilling","tag-wool-fluff","tag-wool-pilling"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What can you do about wool pilling? - Liebo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fuzz or pilling on your wool sweater or blanket? 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