Make your own
Lanolizing Wool Wash
at home!

Making your own wool wash can save you plenty of
money if you use a lot of wool in your diapering - and it's
simple to do, as well!

To wash a sinkful of woolens:
Fill a mug with boiling water, and add a pea-sized dollop of
lanolin - our own Lavolin works very well.  
Add about 1/4 t. of baby shampoo (Nature's Gate Rainwater
Baby Shampoo is our particular favorite), and then stir briskly to
suspend the melted lanolin in the liquid. You can also stir in a
few drops of a favorite essential oil at this point - Lavender is
nice for babies, and keeps moths away, as does Eucalyptus and
Cedar oils.
Add the cupful of "wool wash" to a sinkful of hot water, and
submerge your woolen items.  Squeeze the woolens gently a few
times, then let them soak for about 10 minutes.  
Let the water out of the sink, and squeeze out the water.  Rinse
the woolens with clear warm water, squeeze out, then roll in a
towel and lay flat to dry.

To wash a washing-machine load of woolens:  
Fill a 2 cup measure with boiling water, and add about 1/2 - 1 t.
of lanolin and about 1 T. baby shampoo, plus whatever essential
oils you choose.  Stir briskly to suspend the melted lanolin.  
Fill the washing machine with hot water, but turn it off when it
starts to agitate.  
Add your measuring cup of "wool wash", and then add your
woolen items.  Make sure they are all well submerged, them let
them soak for about 10 minutes.
Set the washing machin to "spin", and run the complete spin
cycle.  
Remove the woolens from the washer, and lay flat to dry.

For Heavy Lanolizing:
Use 2-3 times the amount of lanolin you would normally use for
washing.  Heavy lanolizing should be an occasional practice,
with regular lanolin washes between times.

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