How do you store your cashmere?

[texaskj]

I'm surprised all of you didn't hear me screaming about three months ago when I pulled out my cashmere sweaters and found something had munched on them. The nerve! This was the first year I've ever had trouble. So now I have to find a good reweaving place nearby and cough up a bunch of money to get them fixed. How do you store your cashmere PSers? My mom said Ziploc bags, but I've read they need to breathe. Moth balls make me sick. And I'm allergic to cedar. Help!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I normally put my cashmere sweaters in plastic bins like these...

http://www.target.com/p/rubbermaid-15-qt-latching-rev-purple/-/A-14051270#prodSlot=medium_1_2&term=plastic storage bins

Right now, they are in my dresser and some are packed in bins. Everything is kind of disorganized...but I normally try and have bins for winter and then summer clothes and rotate items in and out of the containers. Also, the bins fit nicely inside of my luggage, so the clothes are double insolated.

 

[canuk-gal]

HI:

Nothing lives in our climate...well, we do, barely; but because we wear cashmere. hahahhaaha

That said, our cashmere either is stored in our oak chest/master and does amazingly well, but it must be our climate? (dontcha hate circular logic?)

I don't store anything in plastic from the drycleaners--discolors garments. Why would ziplock/plastic be any different?

FYI: I wrecked my TSE sweater sets of yore sending them to the dry cleaners: now the Chloe and Cucinelli goes into my front loader. It's not perfect, but better.

cheers--Sharon

 

[honey22]

I don't have cashmere but I store my unused clothes in plastic stackable tubs on the top shelf of my closet. I am pretty sure they seal well and I have never had any problems with anything getting in.

 

[kenny]

Daaahleeeng! In one of my Rolls Royces, of course.


Just kidding.
I don't have any cashmere, or even one little RR.

 

[cygnet]

I had two cashmere sweaters once, until one of them got chewed on by... something.

Then I had one cashmere sweater.

Until BF decided to be "nice" and put it in the laundry for me.

I now have a teeny tiny cashmere sweater. Maybe the puppy will wear it.

 

[MichelleCarmen]

I had two cashmere sweaters once, until one of them got chewed on by... something.

Then I had one cashmere sweater.

Until BF decided to be "nice" and put it in the laundry for me.

I now have a teeny tiny cashmere sweater. Maybe the puppy will wear it.

oh no! This is why I don't let my husband near my laundry.

 

[rosetta]

I have lots of cashmere (at least 15 sweaters, lots of gloves, hats etc)

I store them 2-3 items in the bags they were shipped in. With anti- moth cedar.

 

[Rosebloom]

I had two cashmere sweaters once, until one of them got chewed on by... something.

Then I had one cashmere sweater.

Until BF decided to be "nice" and put it in the laundry for me.

I now have a teeny tiny cashmere sweater. Maybe the puppy will wear it.

I have two of these special minisweaters myself. Sigh.. I think it's DH's way of getting out of laundry duty.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Aaagh! I had the same thing happen to my cashmere sweaters and 100% merino wool trench coat (it had been my mother's in the 70s, to add insult to injury). Sorry, no help but I feel the pain.

 

[partgypsy]

I don't have cashmere but I do have wool items. What I did in my arrmoire is get the stick on cedar panels and put them along the back, and haven't had any trouble.
The ideal is a locking air tight cedar chest. My grandparents in law had some old wool blankets as well as other bedding in a chest like that for decades, and the items were fine.

Second best is some other type of air tight container, like rubbermaid. If you can't use cedar or moth balls at all, throw in some rosemary, pine or lavender sachets.

Wash the cashmere so it is clean before it goes away in storage for the season.

 

[VRBeauty]

I actually leave mine on the hangers in the closet... but I will admit to a moth casualty or two.

One trick to prevent moth damage is to clean your cashmere sweaters before you put them away for the season. You can also get vinyl sweater storage bags on-line... they're not totally airtight, but they should be good enough to keep the critters out. Get the kind with a zipper, rather than a snap closure.