A few months ago we bought a bottle of laundry detergent of a brand we don’t normally use. (Änglamark, instead of our usual Skona or Grumme.) After just a couple of uses we discovered that it made our clothes itchy. I’m generally sensitive to scratchy seams and labels and itchy fabrics, so at first I thought it was just me, but Eric also complained that his T-shirts were making his waist itch. (I think we notice it most around the waist because that’s where clothes move most against the body.)

We’ve thrown out the offending detergent long ago, but we’re still coming across itchy things that were last washed with that detergent – a set of sheets here, a top there. Very annoying.