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" My latest laundry obsession is this tool called a Sweater Stone. It&amp;#039;s changing my life. A little background: I work in an office that tends to run on the cool side (especially in our lovely downstairs caf\u00E9), and as a home editor, I deal with a lot of packing and unpacking of product samples coming my way. So in the winter, I&amp;#039;m often found in a sweater, and with all my moving around, my sweaters get to be a pilly mess. So frustrating! I also think it doesn&amp;#039;t help that I have a love of cashmere but can&amp;#039;t afford the &amp;quot;fine brands&amp;quot; of cashmere, so I opt for cheap cashmere sweaters that pill after each wearing, it seems (especially under my arms). I hate looking like a frumpy mess, but what&amp;#039;s a girl to do about this pilling problem? I&amp;#039;ve tried the home remedies before. I&amp;#039;ve tried the comb trick that another magazine I worked for touted as a &amp;quot;real fix,&amp;quot; but I found that it really didn&amp;#039;t work well. Tape \u2014 good in a pinch, but also pulls on the fabric in a bad way. Then, when I was at the Gift Show, I spotted this product, the Sweater Stone, at the booth for The Laundress (one of my favorite laundry brands). Immediately I had to try it to see if it really would make over my cashmere and wool sweaters. And my verdict? It works really well \u2014 and it&amp;#039;s supereasy to use. I used it this morning on one of my favorite sweaters. I just brushed it along my sweater, and it pulled up the pill balls and refreshed the whole look and finish of the sweater (it&amp;#039;s actually made with volcanic stone). See it in action below! Here&amp;#039;s my pilling sweater:  And here&amp;#039;s my sweater-saving Sweater Stone:  Here&amp;#039;s the Sweater Stone in action picking up the pills (note green fuzz on stone):  Here&amp;#039;s the pill-ball that came off my sweater!  And here&amp;#039;s my sweater refreshed and renewed without pilling!  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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