Because
of their bulk, sweaters are by far the most confusing and complex
accessory to store. It is inadvisable to lump all your sweaters together
into one category because sweaters serve many purposes from warmth to
fashion. Sweaters can be for outer-wear or inner-wear, dressy, casual,
turtleneck, beaded, appliqued, or embossed. With so many sweaters, it
can be difficult to find the one you want. Instead, you may just end up
wearing the first one you encounter as you search through your drawers
and shelves. Most people apparently have grown accustomed to the
familiar ritual of retrieving, refolding, and restacking sweaters and
have concluded that any storage method for sweaters is too bothersome.
What kind of sweater person are you?
The
majority of people fall into three groups when it comes to storing
sweaters. The first group stuffs their sweaters into drawers or sliding
wire baskets. Next is the group that never gives sweater storage a
thought, and they hang sweaters in the closet. The last group will
carefully fold their sweaters and then pile them on the closet shelf. If
you use any of these methods, pay close attention to the following
discussion.
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Drawers,
no matter how diverse or where located, furnish the poorest visibility
and accessibility to sweaters of any method. If drawers are your only
recourse for sweater storage, roll the sweaters rather than fold them.
Place the rolled edge up and align the sweaters in the drawer single
file from front to back or side to side. Now each sweater is visible and
handy.
To roll a sweater:
1. Lay the sweater front side down (except V-necks).
2. Fold the arms and a small section of each side so the sweater is only 12 inches wide.
3. Flip up one-third of the bottom and start rolling at this fold.
4. The result is a smoothly rolled knit!
2. Fold the arms and a small section of each side so the sweater is only 12 inches wide.
3. Flip up one-third of the bottom and start rolling at this fold.
4. The result is a smoothly rolled knit!
Delicate knitted garments can easily suffer
"hanger-burn" if they are hung as though they were just another blouse.
Even if you hang sweaters on a hanger made especially for knits,
wrinkles, puckers, and creases will soon appear, although the wrinkles
and such are minor compared with hanger-burns.
There's
nothing wrong with positioning stacks of sweaters on a shelf in your
closet, but ways exist to improve this method by preventing the stacks
from toppling over and keeping the stacks neat.
Hangers made specifically for knits
reduce "hanger-bum," but they do not
store sweaters as well as rolling.
reduce "hanger-bum," but they do not
store sweaters as well as rolling.
Dividing Space
Dividing
shelf space into smaller, more manageable sections works well for
storage. A system for doing this involves using acrylic shelf dividers.
There are styles, shapes, and sizes of shelf dividers on the market to
suit anyone's taste and budget. Some are inexpensive plastic stackable
shelves; some are laminated modular shelf units; and some are merely
boxes with a zippered or flip-front opening.
Any
of these shelving styles can be positioned on the shelf to create the
desired compartments. They can also be stacked and combined on the floor
of the closet, creating a wall unit for storage.
Putting
sweaters in sweater boxes, sweater bags, or zippered sweater cases will
not provide the high level of performance you are striving for. A
system of plastic bins placed on the shelf is inadvisable because they
function in the same manner as a drawer with the same disadvantages.
What do you think, is this information useful? Leave your comment below.
Fashion blogger: Elle B.
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