Moths are tricky. Learn how to protect and care for your clothing and precious home textiles by identifying and dealing with moths.
Washing your clothes by hand can be a painstaking process. Many modern-day washing machines can help you cut corners with most of your hand-wash only clothing.
There seem to be as many myths as there are facts about your best options for storing clothes long term. Vacuum storage bags are no exception to this and they endure an interesting reputation for the place they hold in the world of organisation and closet design.
Moth Larvae are the actual pest that causes the damage to clothing and precious home textiles, not the adult Clothes Moths, Carpet Moths or Pantry Moths you can see flying around in season. How to get rid of different moth larvae involves far more intensive investigation, cleaning and treatment.
There’s no way to know who first saw a caterpillar cocoon and whether they envisioned flowing sheets of the shining splendor that we call silk or who discovered it was one of the world’s strongest natural fibers and could be used to make a textile. Either way, the combination of silk’s sheen and strength is a winning one.
