Mourning the loss of my linen pants
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It costs more. You’d need to use more material to make a larger garment and then add a step to shrink it before selling. That’s expensive, so many manufacturers don’t bother.
As a buyer, you could estimate how many sizes up you’d need to go to get one that would shrink to your size and then do it yourself, but that leaves room for error
Manufacturers would need more yardage per garment if they preshrunk the fabric. If I’m sewing with linen I buy 10% more than I need and preshrunk before I cut the pattern pieces.
Linen shrinks in the wash but it also can “grow” when worn. Depending how much they shrank, you might be able to rescue them. Hang them up (gravity is your friend) in the bathroom when you’re having a shower so they get a bit of steam.
Wool is another story entirely as others have said.
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