Laundry Love: Finding Joy in a Common Chore

by Patric Richardson

a wool sweater only needs to be washed once or twice a season. If a sweater smells, just air it out.

So how do you keep your whites white? First, don’t ever wash with chlorine bleach. Second, to maintain your textiles’ white dye, wash your whites with a gentle soap and a tablespoon of chlorine-free oxygen bleach. This nontoxic, biodegradable bleach alternative, also known as sodium percarbonate, will whiten your clothes safely and beautifully. One caveat: Don’t use it for washing silks or woolens.