Softening Cashmere? Just bought new and it's scratchy!?

I just bought a new cashmere tunic from Griffen brand cashmere. The label says 100% cashmere... but it feels like wool. I was really disappointed when I bought it, but I'd like to keep it since I love the tuinc style, which is sort of hard-to-find in 100% cashmere.


Does anyone have any suggestions on how to soften it? I've already tried hand washing it with shampoo and conditioner (didn't work). I'm t the point now where I'm going to try using hair softening product such as Biosilk Silk Therapy which I use to make my own hair softer.


Help!

Softening Cashmere? Just bought new and it's scratchy!?
Some grades of cashmere are finer than others. I own a half dozen cashmere sweaters, and I've noticed the difference in the grade of fiber. At the coarse end, it shades into something only slightly softer than lamb's wool.





Any cashmere can be improved with some very careful hand washing. You do use detergent, but if you use shampoo it should not contain conditioner. Just the 'poo, nothing else. I use yellow Joy mild dishwashing detergent.





Fill a bucket with warm water. Squirt in a teaspoon of detergent. Swish around with hand. Put sweater in water. Press air bubbles out of sweater. Walk away for six hours, or overnight.





Next day, fill another bucket with clean warm water. Also clean the bathroom sink well. Very carefully, then, put hand under the sweater in the sudsy bucket and lift out the whole sweater in a ball, letting nothing hang out. Transfer wet sweater to sink and press, press, press the water out... but don't twist or pull. You should never twist or pull wet wool, including cashmere, because it won't got back into the right shape if you do.





Again form the sweater into a ball and put into the clean water to rinse. Press sweater to mix out any remaining detergent. Carefully lift sweater out of the water as before and press the water out in the sink again. You might want to rinse a second time from the faucet, and press yet again.





Remove the damp sweater from the sink, still in a ball, and unroll it on top of a clean, dry towel. Roll the sweater up inside the towel, like a croissant, and then sit on it to make the water left in the sweater go into the towel. Then unroll the towel, roll up the sweater by itself, and transfer the sweater to a clean, dry spot. Let air-dry for 24 hours.





The sweater will be softer as well as cleaner when the drying is finished.
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Reply:Send it to the dry cleaners, or go back to the store you bought it form and ask how to soften it.
Reply:Wear a silk camisole underneath, it'll help. Be careful not to use hot water! Liquid downy fabric softener may help. Lay flat to dry.
Reply:I'm not sure how to make it softer. I can tell you that I can't wear cashmere at all or angora. I'm allergic and have the same problem you describe. Is it possible that you are allergic?
Reply:were a soft camisole or tank top underneath it, is it really real cashmere though? it should be really soft.

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