Recognize the saddle blanket Lisa? I washed it in hot water and then drip dried it and then put it in the dryer. It’s smaller with a tighter weave now. 
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May 20, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Lisa
AWESOME! Now if it holds up to the wear, I will be one happy camper! You really didn’t have to use it as a saddle blanket, you can use it any way you wanted to. I sure think it looks nice under the saddle though. Hope it works out for you. I will have to wash the one I just did like you did, because it needs to be shrunk too! Enjoy, I love the other pictures too by the way!
May 20, 2011 at 4:20 pm
dennisranch
I think if I did it again, I would measure before and after the washing and then when it drip dried and then when it came out of the dryer. I got real thick and fuzzy and felt real soft. I think from now on I will just use it by it’s self as it was a wee bit short for the pad I had sandwitched in it.
May 20, 2011 at 5:30 pm
Lisa
The more you wash it like that and dry it, the more it will get fuzzy. I thought that if I just soaked it, it would give you the chance to finish it the way it needs to be done. I think you have the right idea, if it is to long I will wash it and maybe dry it for a short period of time and then let it drip dry the rest of the way, the drying is what shrinks it.
May 20, 2011 at 7:16 pm
Linda
Great pictures. Next time you wash it you can lay it flat on a warm windy day, at least thats what I do with ours.
May 21, 2011 at 4:03 am
dennisranch
Yeah, the next time I will as it will have horse hair on it!
I usually just hose them down with a high pressure washer while they are hanging over a fence panel.