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koukla72 aka Katerina is a 40.35 year old girl, has been a member since November 8, 2006, has scored 15 submissions, giving an average score of 4.53, helping 2 designs get printed.

Dec 04 '06 by koukla72
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Deliberate shrinking?

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Anybody have experience with deliberate or not-so-deliberate Threadless laundry shrinking? I desperately want this in the guys' color, because the silver/gray is HIDEOUS (I bought it in Emotional Trip, and never again), but I'm a girly small, so even the guys small will be way too big. I'm reconciled to taking in the sides, sleeves, and hem a little - guess I'll be remaking the entire damn shirt *grrr* - but I'm wondering if it might be a good or bad idea to deliberately try to shrink it first in the wash, so the alterations don't have to be too drastic. Any thoughts?

ladykat on Dec 04 '06 at 5:33pm

i think the guys' tees might shrink a little in the wash, but not as much as the AA tees... partially because they're a cotton/poly blend

margolove on Dec 04 '06 at 5:44pm

hmm, well, I wear a girly M or L and after sticking a guys' small in the wash and then the dryer a few times it fits okay. You could definitely get partway with that. Maybe you could dry it on high once? On my two guys shirts, that made the paint on the tag crack, but the actual shirts were fine. More than once on high heat is probably not a good idea, though.

sugarless on Dec 04 '06 at 5:47pm

buy kids 12.. im a girly small and i tried on a kids 10 today.. fit well but sleeves were too tight

koukla72 on Dec 04 '06 at 5:55pm

Yeah, I've bought kids' sizes before (though not here) and it was ok, but I'm not that into the baby blue for this design - in the picture it looks kind of washed out. I think I definitely prefer the khaki this time :)

squishyfishy on Dec 04 '06 at 6:24pm

hey, just wanna know if any girls that wear a small or meduim have bought a hoodie from hear- do they fit on women- what size do you recommend?

are they all square?

koukla72 on Dec 04 '06 at 7:07pm

No hoodies for me yet, but I'm getting tempted. If the hoodie for this had come in khaki, it would've been my first in a heartbeat.

koukla72 on Dec 04 '06 at 7:09pm

No hoodies for me yet. I'm getting pretty tempted, though. If the hoodie for this had been in khaki, it would've been my first in a heartbeat.

lamala on Dec 04 '06 at 7:11pm

ya, i think the boys small will be ALOT to alter

i wear a girls Medium (non shrunken) and girls large (shrunken)

and the boys small looks good.. so no se

i say go with the kids

koukla72 on Dec 04 '06 at 7:20pm

Oops! Sorry about that double post. The first one didn't show at first for some reason, so I retyped.

koukla72 on Dec 04 '06 at 8:37pm

Ok, thanks everyone, I think I'll try margolove's suggestion! It's good to know that the ink on the design might not necessarily crack - although of course I also know there are no guarantees ;)

peanutswanted on Dec 04 '06 at 9:20pm

has anybody noticed anything about the small girlie's being longer these days on length? i hope they come out with xsmall sizes, i miss my threadless tees. boo.

i've bought a small hoodie awhile back and didn't like the fit at all. most likely because i'm shorter than most. so i'm guessing if you're average height the small would be fine.

Rainbowbrite on Dec 04 '06 at 9:22pm

How tall are you i'm short and want to buy a hoodie , i dont want it to be to small?

Rainbowbrite on Dec 04 '06 at 9:22pm

i mean to big..

peanutswanted on Dec 04 '06 at 9:40pm

i'm only like 4'10

:/

koukla72 on Dec 04 '06 at 9:59pm

I've noticed that the tees I've gotten recently are actually shorter. I just did a quick compare of Musical Meditation with my first prints of Emotional Trip and Afternoon Delight, and M.M. is about 2 in. shorter than E.T, and maybe slightly more than 1 in. shorter than A.D.

greenvodka on Dec 05 '06 at 5:44am

Ive tried to shrink tshirts from here before and it didnt work. Even gave it to my mum to wash and she loves shrinking my clothes by accident. That waasss Black and Green. now I just pin them at the back with safetypins.

bruttuby on Dec 06 '06 at 12:10pm

I am also a girly small, and I bought Snack a while back in a guy's small, hoping it would shrink. It /did/ shrink, but it is practically unnoticeable. It's going to be huuuuuuuuuuuuge on you unless you alter it.

SQUISHYFISHY: Like I said above, I'm a girly small. I bought Infinity MPG on a hoodie, sized as XS. It's not as square as you'd think and fits pretty nicely (not baggy, but not so tight that I can't wear a shirt underneath). I'd suggest going up a size, though, if you're a medium/a tight small fit.

3 days later

koukla72 on Dec 09 '06 at 12:26pm

Ok, I just got paid yesterday, and I've decided to hedge my bets a little by also buying the kids' 12, but that means I'l be returning, or more likely exchanging, one of them. I'm curious, does anyone know what the exchange policy is for a tee bought during a sale? Is it basically tee = tee, or will I be charged the difference in price? I couldn't really find any sale-specific info. on the FAQ. Thanks :)

Manos on Dec 09 '06 at 12:28pm

"koukla" as in doll/pretty? ;)

koukla72 on Dec 09 '06 at 12:39pm

Yeah, I had curls as a little one (boukla -sp?) and my Dad loved the way it rhymed. It's been my nickname ever since :)

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