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Two days ago I just bought a French linen cable stitched cardigan and I hand-washed it and dried it flat on a rack. Yesterday I tried it on and I found, to my utmost horror, that the sleeves are now 3 to 4 times the original circumference and the sleeves reach my knees.

I am no Michael Phelps and I do not have abnormally long gorilla limbs!!

I was wondering what was wrong when I looked at the washing instructions (in Japanese you see…) and I saw a symbol that meant DO NOT WASH

Crap. Does anyone know what happened to my cardi? Did it expand because I am only allowed to dry-clean it? If so, what can I do to fix this ghastly problem? Do I shrink it? If yes how do I shrink clothes?

In short I have 2 questions
1) What happened?
2) What can I do?

Thank you all in advance and if you need to see a picture I will be most glad to provide one.

Thanks!! I really like it and it is brand new T.T
): That is horrible I just got it for seventy dollars!
How do I shrink it?

There isn’t much you can do to fix the problem except maybe alter the cardigan. If you don’t sew, maybe you know someone who does? Or you could look in your Yellow Pages under "Tailors".

Often you CAN get away with washing "Dry Clean Only" clothes…either in the machine or by hand. But just as often, you can’t. It’s hard to tell which items can be washed and which cannot. It’s a matter of experience….and you just had "an experience".

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White linen blazer, white French cuff open button shirt, black tapered dress pants, white shoes.

Most probably my date will be wearing more casual attire.
the club is meant to be upscale but I’ve seen guys in shorts and tees so I was just wondering.

DO NOT wear that to a night club! If your date is going to be wearing casual attire you don’t want to make her feel foolish or under dressed. Maybe try something that’s a little dressed up but still casual.

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1.A piece of French toast that was partially eaten by Justin Timberlake sold on eBay.

2.US Dollar bills are made out of cotton and linen.

3. The “57″ on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.

4. Americans are responsible for about 1/5 of the world’s garbage annually. On average, that’s 3 pounds a day per person.

5. Giraffes and rats can last longer without water than camels.

6. Your stomach produces a new layer of mucus every two weeks so that it doesn’t digest itself.

7. 98% of all murders and rapes are by a close family member or friend of the victim.

8. A B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building on July 28, 1945.

9. The Declaration of Independence was written on hemp (marijuana) paper.

10. The dot over the letter “i” is called a tittle.

11. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
12. Triskaidekaphobia means fear of the number 13. Paraskevidekatriaphobia means fear of Friday the 13th (which occurs one to three times a year). In Italy, 17 is considered an unlucky number. In Japan, 4 is considered an unlucky number.

13. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.

14. All the chemicals in a human body combined are worth about 6.25 euro (if sold separately).

15. In ancient Rome, when a man testified in court he would swear on his testicles.

16. The ZIP in “ZIP code” means Zoning Improvement Plan.

17. Coca-Cola contained Coca (whose active ingredient is cocaine) from 1885 to 1903.

18. A “2 by 4″ is really 1 1/2 by 3 1/2.
19. It’s estimated that at any one time around 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk.

20. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history: Spades = David ; Clubs = Alexander the Great ; Hearts = Charlemagne ; Diamonds = Caesar

21. 40% of McDonald’s profits come from the sales of Happy Meals.

22. Every person, including identical twins, has a unique eye and tongue print along with their finger print.

23. The “spot” on the 7-Up logo comes from its inventor who had red eyes. He was an albino.

24. 315 entries in Webster’s 1996 dictionary were misspelled.

25. The “save” icon in Microsoft Office programs shows a floppy disk with the shutter on backwards.

26. Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin both married their first cousins (Elsa Löwenthal and Emma Wedgewood respectively).

27. Camel’s have three eyelids.

28. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents every day.
29. Most lipstick contains fish scales.

30. Slugs have four noses.
I find number 29 particularly interesting and yes i am irish american

these would be my reactions
1 the world is getting even crazier… i think ill go eat some french toast now
2 does that help trees? lolz
3 i didnt know that many pickles existed
4 i should recycle more
5 since when?
6 cool
7 that is sad and it suckz
8 poor ppl on the 79th floor
9 lmao. so they were drunk
10 haha… funny word
11 raisins are weird. dont like em anywayz
12 but 4 is my favorite number!
13 she wants babies that badly doesnt she
14 so i can sell myself for money?
15 wat if he lied?
16 i dont care
17 so itz healthy now!
18 watz the point?
19 people have problems
20 ?
21 i should sell Happy Meals!
22 interesting
23 creepy
24 brad dicksunerree
25 haha
26 those were the old days
27 two on one eye?
28 AWWW! dont tell me that!
29 i dont wear lipstick anyways.. and now i never will
30 i hate bugs too!

is all this stuff true?

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I’d like to replace the boring white sash locks and patio door French glider hardware with something more interesting. (Trying to decide between ”white”,”off white”, and ”linen” was surely a devastatingly difficult choice for our home’s previous owners.) These are nice double-hung windows, but Andersen’s a la carte system is a wallet-killer. The oil-rubbed sash locks are almost $70 a piece, and a patio door latch is $260, online for Andersen hardware.

The catch is, the ”generic ‘’sash locks I’ve found are designed for flat adjacent sash surfaces. The Andersens have the keeper mounted to a beveled piece of wood, so the wood surface forms about a 135 degree angle to the adjacent sash top.

Surely I’m not the first to run into this issue. Thanks to anyone who can help, as $1500+ for a houseful of window hardware is a bit steep!

I hate to tell you this and I HOPE I am wrong. But Anderson makes their own locks (or has them made) for their doors and windows. I have never found an alternate source. I have looked.

I will be checking your question’s answers to see if someone else has found an alternate source. I hope they have.

I have a smaller eat-in kitchen/dining combo. I am trying to make the best use of space while creating a formal feeling (Im adding mirrors on the wall to open the space up more). I have a beautiful french provencial dresser that style-wise could pass as a buffet easily.

The problem: The dresser is 15" deep and makes the room look slightly crowded as-is. This space really would look more ideal with a 10"-12" deep buffet to allow additional room for the dining set.

I was thinking about cutting the extra depth off the dresser including altering the drawers to fit, reattaching the back legs and creating a ‘leaf’ for the front so that when needed, the top could fold down for additional serving space.

My question is… if you were coming in to a home where the buffet is up against a wall, behind the dining set, would you notice that its only 10"-12" deep and, would you think that out of place for the room or, would you think it is a neat idea to serve storage purpose while upscaling the room some?

I like the look and think it will serve my needs (linen storage) but before I hack away at the dresser, I want others input.

I cant seem to find a 10"-12" piece online, so I assume what I need is custom and Id prefer using what I have vs. going to the expense of having some thing built. The dresser I have is non sentimental but, I would use it as a dresser if I cant use it for this.

Thanks

I think you are tackling quite a job, but that is just my opinion. It will not look odd if the buffet is proportionate to the room..I would look around more for another piece of furniture..but if you want to try cutting down your piece go for it, but be prepared if it does not work.
Try looking at other pieces that might work…console tv units…book shelves..that sort of thing to get the depth you want.