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I have always enjoyed hand washing my most delicate clothing. With my lavender soap I prepare a sink full of warm, sudsy water, then immerse the garments slowly, one at a time. I gently lift them in and out of the water, protecting the lace and tiny seams while enjoying the soft swish of the water and the wafting scent of lavender flowers. When my special clothes are rinsed, I let them dry outdoors, the bees often visit to enjoy the lavender fragrance that lingers.

Delicate Garment Soap with Lavender

8 tablespoons powdered castile soap or make unpacked soap flakes
4 tablespoons grated
2 teaspoons clay powder
1/4 teaspoons lavender oil

Mix clay and lavender oil with a small whisk or fork. Add remaining ingredients and blend at high speed in a blender. (This will not ruin your blender for food use). Store in a plastic container.

To use, sprinkle 1 tablespoon of powder into a sink of warm water and swish the water until the powder is dissolved. Then add garments and wash, rinse thoroughly and dry.

Grandmas Special Hand Wash Blend

2 cups bran
1 1/2 quarts boiling water

Put the bran in a cheese cloth and tie it up like a big sachet. Toss your bran sachet into a pan of boiling water, turn down the heat, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from heat, cool, and strain the liquid. Use the liquid for the washing water for fine washables like fine blouses and woolens. This bran solution not only soaks clothes clean but leaves a fine stiffness to the fabric so that spray starch is not needed.