IHSH-262-NAV - Ultra Heavy Flannel Crazy Check Western Shirt - Navy
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a) is there some stretch to this fabric and b) when it says there could be shrinkage, are we talking a really hot wash or will there be a little bit of shrinkage even at normal temps?
a) A little. It relaxes with wear, but it isn’t a denim twill.
b) 30C, low spin, air dry only and you’ll get zero to negligible shrinkage.
In addition when you take it out of the machine and while it is still wet, stretch the seams on the arms and the side seams. If you want to be thorough, do up the snaps and stretch the placket. It’s always a good idea anyway, but especially if you don’t want your shirts any smaller.
Cheers @neph93 will have to give it some thought then. Usually wash at 40 so guess there will be some shrinkage initially.
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Cheers @neph93 will have to give it some thought then. Usually wash at 40 so guess there will be some shrinkage initially.
Only a little, possibly none. Especially if you crank down the spin.
When I have intentionally shrunk mine I put them on 60C and even then you are only talking about half an inch on the length.
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Wow. This crazy check might be the best uhf pattern. Please stop making it so I stop buying it.
The crazy check looks great on you, Will. Do you prefer it to your new IHSH-264-NAV?
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Nailed on fit @Anesthetist !
I Couldn't be more pleased with how this shirt turned out.
And because of @Wlemon inspiration, I busted the duck CPO out to layer over the UHF in August!!!
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Nailed on fit @Anesthetist !
I Couldn't be more pleased with how this shirt turned out.
And because of @Wlemon inspiration, I busted the duck CPO out to layer over the UHF in August!!!
Well shit, I went with the work shirt on this one due to my preponderance of westerns and your post is making me regret that. Looks great man
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@going_to_battle yes but only slightly. The crazy check is a favorite pattern for me, though, so that’s a high bar to cross.
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@Gdbzus I was torn between the WS just like you. But ultimately I'm sure you'll find that both are complete and utter awesomeness! And please do post pics when yours arrives. Cheers, brother!
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Thoughts on this fit?
Think the arms are just about as good as I'm going to get, but it feels ever so slightly snug. I don't think that's apparent across the shoulders and it doesn't dig in under the armpits. Also don't have that curving where the placket is. Saying that, if it shrinks I don't think the material will be as forgiving as the denim/chambray shirts I own.
I should add this is with no undershirt/tee.
Forgive the state of the spare room.
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Everyone wears their shirts differently so for me it would be a hair snug. It’s all down to how comfortable you are, I like to upsize my UHFs as they do tend to shrink a hair.
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Disheveled, that combo looks great. Love the Duck CPO.
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Looks a little too tight, @Kingmob31. If you keep it, you’ll need to do only cold wash with no agitation, because uhf shrinks.
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Thanks Richard! She's going to be fun to layer with this Fall–seems to just go well with everything!
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@Kingmob31 Fit on the arms and length seem ok, possibly just a bit tight on the chest. My previous western crazy check had a similar fit and I decided that if I do end up washing it, it will be a cold hand wash.
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Thanks @Anesthetist @sabergirl @futura think that's a consensus. Already unsure so the risk of it shrinking (prefer to be able to just toss it in the wash) is enough to make it a - sad
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Hello everyone, first time poster here. I just received my Crazy Check Western shirt and am once again blown away by the quality and look forward to when weather permits its wearing. This is my second UHF, and about my 6th or so IH shirt overall.
I know there are several posts in this thread about having to cold wash their flannels to prevent shrinking, but does anyone have suggestions on the safest way to purposely get a little shrinkage without messing up the flannels proportions? I bought a large, which fits fantastically through the body, but the sleeves are a little longer than I'd prefer. I've tried buying IH shirts in medium in the past, but ran into an issue with my chest measurement, so I usually get large instead. I'd say I'm closest to 'Steve' from the crew measurements (just over 5'8", around 170lbs, 32 waist, but my chest is a little over 42.5"). Many of the IH shirts in medium have finished chest sizes right at 42", so once I put it over an undershirt, and especially if I ever wash it, they pull really tight around my chest and I can barely stick stuff in the pockets. So I buy large to fit my chest, but the sleeves are a little long. Not unwearably long, just longer than I'd prefer.
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«Spot» shrinking doesn’t really work as tje shrinkage is in the seams as much as in the fabric. So you have to hot soak or wash the whole garment. This means the whole garment will shrink.
Happily for you shrinkage occurs in proportion to seam length, so the sleeves and body length shrink more than the shoulders and the chest. The whole shirt will end up inbetween the measurements for the M and L. You will probably lose 1-2 cm on the longer measurements and around 1cm in the width.
If your washing machine allows it I’d go for 50C on low-ish spin. After it dries, if you need more you can go up to 60C. One thing you can do to mitigate shrinkage in areas where you do not want it is to stretch the seams or fabric while it is still wet. In your case that would be the shoulders, and back yoke and if you button the shirt, in the chest and at the hem.
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Thanks for the info. Where does most of the 'shrink' come from, the hot water wash, or from the tumble dry? Or is a combination of the two necessary to get shrinkage? As in, if I were to wash my UHFs in hot water, but then hang dry instead of tumble dry, would there still be shrinkage? I have always felt that machine dryers are hard on clothes, not just the shrinkage part, but they pucker the seams and I can feel a difference in the fabric between shirts I've owned for a few years that I've never machine/tumble dried and those that I have used a dryer.
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Agitation is really what casues the most shrinkage.
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Thanks for the info. Where does most of the 'shrink' come from, the hot water wash, or from the tumble dry? Or is a combination of the two necessary to get shrinkage?
I would not recommend tumbling drying at all, nor did I. I should have specified air dry though.
You will get the shrinkage you need from the wash… like G says it is the agitation and lubrication of the fibres, followed bybthe subsequent contraction when drying that will cause shrinkage.
