Does it have those awful black mold spots? I would gently agitate it and soak it in cold water with Woolite. While it's soaking, try a chlorine free bleach on a Q-tip to dab at the spots. If that doesn't work, there's nothing for it but to switch to diluted bleach on the Q-tip and work with a steady hand on the smallest area possible. Better to use too little than too much, as bleach will turn wool yellow, then eat a hole in it. When the spots are almost gone, let it all soak some more,(another half hour?) before rinsing in cold water.
To dry, don't wring, smoosh it about a brazillion times between about 100 towels; dry towel after dry towel, to get the water out, and lay flat on a screen out of the heat to dry. This will help keep the shape, and keep the thread from puckering the rest of it. Put it in front of a fan, and gently stretch it every so often until it drys.
If THAT doesn't do the trick, your next best option is to dye it, sadly,... But wool dyes really well.
No black mold, just some yellow and green in three places - each about the size of a silver dollar. Someone also suggested diluted vinegar - but I hadn't specified that it was wool, so don't know if that will work.
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To dry, don't wring, smoosh it about a brazillion times between about 100 towels; dry towel after dry towel, to get the water out, and lay flat on a screen out of the heat to dry. This will help keep the shape, and keep the thread from puckering the rest of it. Put it in front of a fan, and gently stretch it every so often until it drys.
If THAT doesn't do the trick, your next best option is to dye it, sadly,... But wool dyes really well.
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