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Dirty to Clean Clothes in 10 minutes

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Sounds too good to be true, right?

A new product, called Swash (by Whirlpool), promises to remove odors and wrinkles from already worn and dirty clothes so that you can wear them again.

The idea is to work with clothes that people wear several times before washing. According to the company, people are wasting water and electricity by washing clothes that are “not really dirty”.

Is this machine targeted to people who wouldn’t really care though? And with such a hefty price tag ($499), would you not instead just buy a washing machine?

At 4 feet tall, the machine is designed to be a part of your walk-in-cupboard. You might want to wear the outfit that you wore two days ago again, and it is lying in a crumpled heap on the floor. Quick put it into the machine and 10 minutes later it is fresh again.

Beware, though, it doesn’t remove any stains.

Would you like to test this machine and see if it actually works and can fit in the marketplace?

Get details of the new machine here: Swash – Express Clothing Care System

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Comments

  1. I think there might actually be a market for this, and that it is a great idea. My husband is fantastic at throwing clothes on the floor – not dirty enough to go in the wash, but too lazy to put them away. However, by the time I pick them up they are crumpled – I could just stick them in the swash instead of having to iron them again.

Have you read?

Do You Park Your Cross Stitch Thread? Try The Royal Roads Method

I have not done a lot of big cross stitch projects, but sometimes even with small projects it can be hard to decide exactly where to begin and how to work through the chart if you’re working with multiple colors. The general categories for the possible methods are known as cross country and parking. 

Cross country means that you’re working one color at a time, moving around the chart (or the section of the chart you’re working on) until you’re done with that color. Parking means you’re working in a smaller section and doing all the colors in that area, “parking” the threads by leaving them attached to the canvas but out of the way while you finish each section. 

Royal Rows is a specific way of parking named by Alison Royal, which is explored in detail on a post on Stitching Daily. 

The idea is that you’re working one “tower” of stitches at a time (she uses a section of 10 stitches across by 20 down, but you can do whatever makes sense to you). You work all the stitches of a color at a time, starting at the top left and working your way down. When you’re done with a color you can park it where needed in the section below your current tower (known as the dungeon) or in the “east tower,” which is the section to the right. 

There’s also a specific way of dealing with thread ends when you’re done with a color. This is a super simplified version (head to the blog post at Stitching Daily to get all the details) but the basic idea is that you’re working from left to right and top to bottom across the work, parking the threads in the next section when you’re done with them and systematically choosing which color to work with next. 

The whole idea of parking is kind of overwhelming to me though I will admit that it makes a lot of sense. I guess I need to try it on a smallish big project and see how it goes. Do you use the parking method of cross stitch? I’d love to hear about it!

[Photo via Stitching Daily]