Washing machine "disaster" Help-Jamie is going to kill me!

I am going to be in big do-dos soon when Jamie realises what has happened to his favourite Christmas jumper.

I forgot to read the label and accidentally put it in a 40 degrees wash with all the other clothes when it is lambswool and should be handwashed

It has shrunk to the size for about an 8 year old! My whole lounge stinks like perm solution too.

I rushed to Tescos to see if I could coverup my mistake and buy another the same but they had sold out. I did buy him a lovely cashmere jumper reduced to £25 from £59 but his one had been reduced to £10 from £30 before Christmas so I am out of pocket.

What is so annoying is that I did this before with a Christmas present from my Mum and Dad a few years back. They bought me a £50 jumper from House of Fraser and it shrunk in the machine so it fitted my then 8 year old Great-niece!

Unfortunately I did not learn from this mistake

Anyone else got any disasterous washing stories?

Loads of mishaps over the years but one that stick in my mind was a chap I knew put his Aran cardigan on boil wash and it came out stiff as a board and small enough to fit a kids doll.

actually im a bloke whom has never had a washing machine accident

Oh dear-that did make me laugh!

Wot-you don't even have a "demon sock-gobbler" in your machine?

I just remembered another disaster when I put all my silk underwear in to the machine with other stuff and instead of coming out cream it came out a horrid dark green. I thought I couldn't just throw it out as it was expensive so I continued to wear it but wore it for the doctor's once and then had to undress

I read how to clean your washing machine on the net, it said to put bleach in it, so I did.

A giant bleach foam monster attacked my kitchen

oooops LOL

We were on holiday and I went to put a load of washing on,my lovely summer pink dress which had never been washed before somehow managed to get put in the machine so everything came out pink My brother and now hubby were so impressed with pink undies,socks and t-shirts

dont be silly.....everyone knows that the drum spins soooo fast that it tears a hole in the space time continuum, so your socks end up in alternate dimensions.

WOW!! So THAT'S what happens Makes so much more sense now

My children wore terry nappies. Pink terry nappies... Blue terry nappies...