{"id":151,"date":"2018-05-23T04:23:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T08:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellesilk.com\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2025-10-29T04:06:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:06:41","slug":"some-shrinking-of-fabric-is-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ellesilk.com\/blog\/some-shrinking-of-fabric-is-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Some Shrinking of Fabric Normal?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There might be some shrink occasions happened on your silk bedding<\/a>, do not worry about that, it doesn\u2019t present it is not a quality one. It is normal for most silk sheets to shrink a little during the first few washings, usually about three to four percent. It is a normal occurrence and should not make you feel like you are doing something wrong. The manufacturers take shrinkage into consideration when they make the sheets so they should still fit your bed just fine after those first few washings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a recap, gentle washing and gentle drying is what your silk sheets<\/a> want to do to help them last a long time and give you many years of happy dreams on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There might be some shrink occasions happened on your silk bedding, do not worry about that, it doesn\u2019t present it is not a quality one. It is normal for most silk sheets to shrink a little during the first few washings, usually about three to four percent. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-silk-care","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t