I noticed on Steve's Freedom Kilts website he mentions sock stretchers as a way to dry his Heritage Hose line.

No clue what sock stretchers are, I did some googling...okay, that makes sense.

What I'm wondering is, back before I knew what I was doing I ran my wool kilt hose through the cold water gentle cycle of the washer (I hand wash now). Of course the kilt hose that went through the washer shrunk.

My understanding is that such shrinking is a one time process. Its over, done, no way to make them big again....but is a sock stretcher capable of stretching wool kilt hose after they've shrunk, or does it just help keep hand washed hose from shrinking?

All the info on these babies seems to be in the antique world. Any input appreciated.

Ron