- 1). Keep your crocheted fabric away from all hook-and-loop-fasteners; the hook part of the fasteners will catch on the yarn anywhere in the fabric and fray it. For example, if you wear a crocheted scarf with a jacket that has hook-and-loop fasteners, take special care to tuck the scarf inside your jacket where the hook-and-loop can’t reach it.
- 2). Treat your crocheted products gently, keeping them away from abrasive surfaces that could rough up the fabric and fray it over time. This means always hanging or carefully storing the crocheted items so they don’t get stepped on, abraded or repeatedly stretched back and forth.
- 3). Wash your crocheted products following the care directions that came with them, or for the yarn used to make them. Usually this means washing them by hand. If you must machine-wash your crocheted items, place them in a mesh lingerie bag and wash them separately to reduce abrasion. Don't wash your crocheted items with rough items like jeans, and anything with a zipper or hook that could get caught in the crochet stitches and start cause them to fray.
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