Narrowing sleeves/cuffs on a Wested lamb

shadwell55 · Post by **shadwell55** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:56 am

Folks. Some of us rookies who ordered our westeds didn't think at the time that tapered sleeves were desirable. But I think I found an easy way to narrow/taper the cuffs near the wrists. I dipped the end of each sleeve (up to about 3-4 inches) in water. gave it a good soaking, wrung it pout and did it again. Smoothed the sleeve and let it dry. I swear I think my cuffs aren't as gaping as they were (of course, they aren't form fitting either). This may be an optical illusion given the water, the drying and a few wrinkles that remain, but I just might have worked.

Texas Raider · Post by **Texas Raider** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:46 am

Yep, probably shrunk 'em a bit. If you had used a hot hair dryer on them , it probably would have shrunk 'em a bit more (possibly).

have a nice day.

shadwell55 · Post by **shadwell55** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:25 am

Actually my right sleeve came out better than the left sleeve. So I may do the treatment once more and maybe use the dryer.