Stretching Kilt hose?

[mbhandy]

I have done that and had a pair shrink. I rewashed them by hand rinsed real good then on the last rinse I added hair conditioner the tail and mane kind you can get in the pet department at wall*mart and then stretched them out (length and with) and hung to dry. they were fine.

MrBill

[Barb T]

It really depends on whether the hose have "felted" or not. The heat and the friction of a warm washer and dryer open up the little plates that line each wool fiber. The plates interlock between fibers and then clamp shut when the fibers chill and dry. Hopefully yours aren't felted. There's nothing you can do to stretch out felt.