First and foremost, all of her sweaters going into storage must be cleaned. Dry cleaning is often recommended but Girlawhirl knows that with care, she can get even better results than a dry cleaner when it comes to her un-embellished merino and cashmere sweaters. Girlawhirl is lucky: her washing machine has a specific wool cycle, designed with very low agitation so it won't cause rubbing and thus pilling on the sweaters. With an extra rinse cycle that she can program into the washing time, her cashmeres come out fluffy and soft.

After reshaping and drying flat, a good steam just over the surface of the sweater, without pressing into it, restores her sweaters to a brand new appearance. Then they're gently folded, layered with herbal insect repellent sachets and stored in airtight bins or if in a drawer, the whole stack is covered up with some dry cleaning plastic tucked around it.

One of her Super Pals prefers the hand wash method and lines up plastic bins in her bathtub to wash a few at a time. Rinsing is key when washing this way. Some experts suggest changing the rinse water at least 15 times! The wet sweater is then laid flat on a towel and rolled up so the water can be squeezed, not twisted or wrung, out. Once again, the process of reshaping, drying flat and plenty of steam are required.

Sadly, Girlawhirl knows from experience that skipping the cleaning process and just storing sweaters is like a game of wardrobe Russian roulette. It's the stains, sweat and other things that she's washing out that attract moth larvae and that's what they feast on, along with the yarn it's sticking to, all summer. So even if she doesn't have time to wash everything herself, she makes sure everything, including all her other wool clothing and coats are cleaned before storing for the season.

And when she does drop a sweater off at the dry cleaner, Girlawhirl always asks for a very light pressing. This prevents shine on the surface and the shape of the front neck from showing up on her back.