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Do they make you itch? Especially if you start sweating a little. Regular wool has microscopic barbs on the fibers that cause the itch. Merino wool has far fewer of them so itch is greatly reduced. Those barbs are also what makes wool so susceptible to shrinking when washed. The barbs lock together and won't come apart. That pulls the fibers closer together and makes the garment smaller. I've washed and dried my merino shirts many times with no shrinkage at all. Is that why my Costco wool socks shrink more the older they get and with more washing. They usually stretch back after I have them on for a while
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Probably. Try hang drying them to see if they shrink. Supposedly the tumbling in the drier is harder on them than washing. I have a dozen pairs of Costco socks that get washed and dried regularly without shrinking. It's all I wear in the winter...on my feet that is.
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