Washing Your Handmade Lovelies with Eucalan

The scarf pictured here is my knit Coral Current Cowl. Pattern is available
on Ravelry and Etsy.

Go with me back in time to the end of May. I traveled to Columbus, and stayed for less than 24 hours. I attended my first ever Marly Bird Designer Dinner during the weekend of the TNNA show. It was fun, I met new and wonderful designers and publishers, and I got a BIG. BAG. OF SWAG.

 

One of the goodies in that bag was a small bottle of Wrapture by Kristin Omdahl and Eucalan, as well as a sample of the grapefruit scented Eucalan. Lucky for me, this was not my first opportunity to try Eucalan. I have a big bottle of it that I use for my handmades.

I want to tell you about the awesomeness that is Eucalan. First, so easy to wash your handmades with Eucalan, it really does not take any longer than loading up your washing machine, seriously. Fill a wash basin with cool water, and add the Eucalan. Believe it or not the small bottle they gave me will last through several washes. In fact the large bottle I have is not even half empty and I bought it 2 or 3 years ago. This is because you only need 1 teaspoon, or 5 mL, of Eucalan per gallon of water.

Place your handmade item into the water, press it down a little to make sure it all gets wet, and let it soak for at least 15 minutes.

When it is finished soaking…here is the really fantastic part…don’t rinse. Just gently press out some of the extra water. Then roll it in a towel and press out some more extra water, and lay it flat to dry. So easy.

One thing I love about Eucalan that I didn’t even know until receiving this sample is that the wonderful scent of Eucalan is not achieved with any artificial perfumes. The smell comes from natural essential oils. Well, this just makes me super happy. I love essential oils!

Eucalan isn’t just for your handmade items. It is really for anything that you wash by hand, so you can use it for many things. It comes in eucalyptus, lavender, grapefruit, unscented, and jasmine (that’s the Wrapture variety that is jasmine scented). It comes in single use 5mL sizes, as well as 100 mL, 500 mL, and 1 gallon sizes.

 

 

 

*Giveaway Over* Lucky for you, Eucalan is offering you some goodies too! You can win a “Getaway Gang”, pictured below, by leaving a comment on this blog post. I will choose a random winner in 1 week, announce it here, and pass along your address to Eucalan so that you can receive your prize!

(C) Eucalan

This package includes 10 single use sample packets of Eucalan, two in each scent, 6 Eucalan wipes for touching up drips or spots on your clothing, a small sewing kit, and a nail file. This makes a great travel kit in case you need to wash or repair clothes, or fingernails, while traveling.

I’m excited for our winner who will get to try every scent of Eucalan and decide on his/her favorite!

Interested in the knitting pattern for the scarf I used in this tutorial? Here’s where you can find it and a few other great scarf patterns:

Happy stitching!
April