I had a question for the mousseline owners- how do you store your 140’s? They can get a little rumpled up even if folded gently. Any advice is welcome! I just gently rolled mine last night as a potential option. But it will still have seams from folding in the inside of the roll :-/. I shall see in a couple of days how that went lol.
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@Nomad - I store mine in boxes, or folded in a cloth travel bag if they are in my scarf drawer. It's a lot of fabric to leave loose, I agree... 
A recent mousse - super thin, transparent , flat weave (not fluffy like VINTAGE SILK) ? I roll mine up too but, for me, it is a lost cause, they wrinkle
The older ones - crinkly fabric - are more immune to wrinkles
Yes the super thin transparent. And thanks for your experience on the matter! i think one of them is heartier and isn’t having the same problem. My bright orange arabesque.
and thank you @bunnycat. I might see if I have the big long boxes to store them in. So many of my scarves are resale.
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I think with those super thin ones, a box is the best way to go. They seem unmanageable otherwise. Maybe see if it will fold enough for a square box the 90s come in? I fold as many as I can can up in squares and store in a spare 90 box. Usually I can put 2 in a box. They are a hot mess running loose in a drawer.
I like to see my scarves and so I found a wall-mounted trouser hanging system that really worked. I can’t find the one I got but I saw something on Amazon that was similar. ( weirdly long link)
We have used diatomaceous earth for years. This is food grade from a health food store. Bakers supply stores also will sell it.Agreed on the annoyance of orange boxes!
I love the envelopes for twills. Mousselines get a bit crushed, and cashmeres are just too much fabric. (Probably 140 silks would be too much fabric, too, but I don't own any.)
I tend to drop my scarves somewhere safe from the cats when I get home and then every few days put things away. It takes just a few minutes, but I'm lazy. Filled and empty envelopes live in the space above my sweater baskets if they haven't made it back to the box yet, and I don't tie an envelope to a scarf. It sounds like you have a bunch of scarf information on the envelope - all my obsessive documenting lives in my computer or Evernote.
I also organize by name, not color, as sometimes it's just too much mental effort to define which is a primary color for a scarf. (Into the Canadian Wild, anyone?)
I will note that the plastic on some of my more-used envelopes is loosening from the paper - I need to spend some quality time with sellotape to repair.
My only issue is that the twills are on top of my wardrobe and the boxes are heavy and want to fall on my head as I pull them down... and I am worried about moths.So this weekend I think I will find a single plastic box that can sit on the wardrobe floor, and give all my twills a week in the freezer, where the cashmeres and mousselines are currently hiding.
Anyone have any suggestions for moths? Cedar, lavender, and other drugstore options aren't cutting it. As long as I can keep poison away from the cats, I'm open to anything. Google keeps giving me "natural options" - apparently my search for "non-natural moth killer poison KILL KILL KILL" doesn't compute for them...
We sprinkle it around in corners & under drawers. A dog breeder first suggested this to keep fleas etc away from our dogs. Over time it should keep all bugs away.
Wouldn’t sprinkle it directly on anything especially treasured as it tends to clot.
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Mine are folded lengthwise & hung on pant hangers along with all my other in season shawls.
How do you store your scarves in your luggage when you're traveling? I'm a new collector, and so far, I've just placed one or two folded scarves in between soft (and clean!) clothing items, but wondering if there's a better way.
Also: Any advice for bringing scarves on the go generally, especially when rain is a possibility? I keep wanting to wear a scarf to an event e.g. a wedding...and then rain is predicted, so I leave it at home. Has anyone tried bringing a scarf along in their bag, perhaps inside a sealed plastic bag to protect from rain, and then putting it on when you get where you're going?
Also: Any advice for bringing scarves on the go generally, especially when rain is a possibility? I keep wanting to wear a scarf to an event e.g. a wedding...and then rain is predicted, so I leave it at home. Has anyone tried bringing a scarf along in their bag, perhaps inside a sealed plastic bag to protect from rain, and then putting it on when you get where you're going?
Question 1 - I have a satin-lined drawstring pouch for travel that the scarves slip into. I use zippered packing cases for everything else but zippers are the sworn enemy of scarves.
Question 2 - can’t think of this exact situation but sounds like a job for a ziploc.
Ooh, satin-lined pouch—smart!
And definitely Ziplock seems the safest bet, but I'm struggling to decide if it's worth the risk at all, especially if there's ambient hair/clothing dampness. I'm just so excited to wear them, and the rain keeps foiling me!
FWIW a deeper dive into the scarf threads will probably help inform how much you should worry based on scarf fibers involved. (Personally I would carry an umbrella, the scarf in a ziploc, put it on inside and not worry at all after that.)
The Ziplock freezer bags are food safe so shouldn’t damage your scarves for short term storage.
However no plastic is good for long term storage of fabric.
H at one time, if I remember correctly, offered a silk scarf travel envelope. This was quite some time ago & pricey.
You could make your own with an old trashed scarf?
When DH’s dry cleaner retired they sold him a couple of blocks of wedding dress archive tissue paper. You know for permanent wedding gown storage in a presentation box.
Perhaps ask your dry cleaner if they could sell you a few sheets?
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Plastic is OK if it can breathe - cut the corners off the bags and any plastic fumes (outgassing) will escape AND moisture will escape
Plastic is bad about trapping moisture
IMHO, orange boxes fit very tight and also trap moisture, you can buy little bags of moisture absorbing crystals at Amazon, not expensive. The same type of packets that seem to be shipped with everything and one tosses. I did find articles from museums saying these were OK for textile storage
Amazon also sells acid free tissue paper - cheap
Ziplocs are fine unless you stack up too many , then they start to slide off one another
Plastic is bad about trapping moisture
IMHO, orange boxes fit very tight and also trap moisture, you can buy little bags of moisture absorbing crystals at Amazon, not expensive. The same type of packets that seem to be shipped with everything and one tosses. I did find articles from museums saying these were OK for textile storage
Amazon also sells acid free tissue paper - cheap
Ziplocs are fine unless you stack up too many , then they start to slide off one another