Originally Posted By: GCOne of my most valued hunting clothing items is a pair of Filson Whipcord Wool pants.
I bought a pair, really liked them. Against instructions i decided to wash them like my merino stuff. Set washer to wool / cold, set dryer to delicates. The pants shrunk noticably. They still fit, but leave nothing to the imagination. Great pants, but anything i cant machibe wash is pretty much worthless to me. Dont know if it was the wash or dry cycle that shrunk them, but since then ive been hang drying all of my filson stuff and have had zeeo issues. My mackinaw bibs are my favorite piece of hunting clothing. I may buy another pair of whipcord, and try air drying.