I never washed wool clothes with snow but I helped my mother clean our wool braided rugs every winter by laying them out in snow, sweeping snow over them, turning them over several times, beating them gently with brooms, until the dust was deep cleaned out. I don’t remember grinding snow into the rugs, maybe because they were heavy and tightly braided and must not get wet. We swept the snow off . The rugs were beautiful. It really freshened the rugs. My mother was Swedish too. Her family was from Malmo. Moved to Massachusetts long ago. Thank you for this video. I have wool clothes that I love. ( I scrub my livestock water pails with snow in winter. The sharpness of snow crystals works well.)
I live in a SUPER cold climate (Saskatchewan, Canada) and i know that my grandmothers would hang and beat laundry even in the winter... ive never use snow, but you'd wet and hang the laundry and then beat with a laundy beater
Gee, I had no idea this was even a thing! It makes sense, and people did still need to clean their clothes in the winter. I can see having a pack of kids running and stomping on clothes laying all over the yard! Best wash day ever!
i never heard of this technique but i always wear wollen coats and i noticed that whenever it snowed on it it was brighter than before and it doesn't happen whenit just rains on it (in belgiul it's like every second week)
Interesting, thanks for the info. I have lived in Sweden for most of my life, and I didn't know about snow washing. But I have lived in apartments the whole time, with no private access to snowy outside ground. So that's probably why I didn't know.
ugh we are having warm weather now in Febuary 40 F climate change poor world. I am waiting for my sub zeros and such to wash my clothing! I bury my minks and fox and such and it rejuvenates all the fur products. I did not scratch and sniff my screen, we already nose how clean clothes smell with fresh air. Thank you Daisy you have always been a pleasure to see.
Sadly where I live now we rarely have snow, though I remember my mother sending us children/youths out with the carpets and give them a hard beating. I was always surprised at the difference it made, the change in smell, ....and .... the amount of dirt that was left in the snow. After the beating the carpets were hung over the carpet rails furnished to the block of flats we lived in to air off. Now, almost 60 years later, I can put a name to the method, and also know that I could still use it for my wollen garments. I will have to make an offering to the goddess to be kind and send us lots of snow! Thank you for this lovely video! I so had to laugh at the macho 'Russian' doing snow laundry by what appeared to be a car, so so funny!
Very cool! I’ve hung stuff outside before to freeze but never even thought of beating it with snow. I can see how that would work pretty well though. I wonder if it would work on silk too. Hmmmm
Welcome back. I'm very happy that you were able to solve your RU-vid problems. I missed you! I love this idea! I live where it rarely snows in the winter, but I have some light weight wool jackets that I will hang out on my porch when it's cold outside especially when the wind is blowing. I think it makes the clothes smell fresh as well as getting some of the wrinkles out. You're not getting way from humidity down south just because it's cold.. hahahahaha.. Glad to have you back! This was an awesome video!
I wash blankets which don't fit in household machine with snow and ones that do I make between machine was fresh up , also rugs . It is easy in long Canadian winters and being older generation born in Finland learned that from grandmother .
I laughed so much about your clean / dirty snow experiment. My family makes ice cream from snow every year since we can think back (my grandmother's great-grandmother did this for her and her siblings, when she was a child), and when we were working outside we melted snow for tea and coffee, too. There has never been any dirt in it. You just need to use your brain and eyes when you collect the snow. (And use a clean jar, of course.)😄
Yeah, it was pretty surprising how many people kept saying there is dirt in snow! I was like...have y'all ever even seen real snow? Like, what? Sounds like you've had some delightful snow treats!
@@DaisyViktoria Oh, I sure did. 🤤 I'm a bit sad for our children today because there are so many germaphobic people now; last winter my son (primary school) and his friends were told not to catch snowflakes with their mouths, because "the snow is dirty, and you will get sick". 😳 They were not allowed to eat icicles from the trees for the same reason. It will be fun (...) when they go on field trips again, and she witnesses my son eating all of those wild greens, dandelions, daisies, ashweed, stinging nettles... straight from the ground... 😅
What a delightful video! I love you channeling your roots, but sublimate! How many people would not be able to use the right word! Great work, love your channel! And the gray cat.
great video! im wondering how did historic people know when clothes are dirty enough to warrant washing, since you probably don't want to do it too much? especially when winter is long so you may need to wash more than once?
I always hear it recommended with more powdery and fresh snow, though I suspect it's more of an ideal than a hard requirement. FWIW my snow was not nearly as powdery in the second location!
