You know the fuzz balls that accumulate on all sweaters? Pills, fuzz, fuzzies. Whatever you call them, they need to be removed from time to time. I started out with one of those battery operated fuzz eaters that I bought at a garage sale, that soon died. I replaced it with another brand, but similar, battery operated fuzz eater and that fell apart on me. I hate disposable electronics! I remembered the pill remover my mom had when I was little... a thing with a handle & a red square at the end. On the square was what looked like velcro, but bigger.... velcro on steroids. It worked great, from what I can remember. I set out to find it online, and never did, but I did find this on marthastewart.com:
"Rather than using a pill remover with a razor, which could damage delicate fibers, try a fine-tooth comb to catch pills and leave sweaters intact. Lay the sweater on a table, move the comb flush against the sweater, being careful not to hook the sweater itself, and gently lift the pills away."
I looked down at the pilly sweater I was wearing after reading that, and promptly went to find a comb. By golly, it really works! Not nearly as fast as a fuzz eater, but very effective.
My next find was this:
These got 5 star ratings on several websites with glowing reviews, so I decided that this was what I needed.... inexpensive, manual, and simple. I could not find one that charged less than $6 for shipping for one, and ended up buying a dozen with the shipping being under $4. Go figure! Anyhow, I may be selling some in my shop if they end up working well.
So... how do you get rid of your fuzzies?
