My mum even irons mine after they come out of the wash Nothing better that wrapping with a pair of freshly washed and ironed wraps.
I wonder if my mum did something like the sock trick to stop them knotting?

But to answer the question, nuh the wraps don't shrink at all, or at least what i've noticed.. I have the mexican stretchy ones, and just some normal thick cotton ones that are stretchy and both have gone through the wash at least 10 times and I havn't noticed any difference at all. Even if they did shrink a LITTTTLE bit, wrapping them around your hands will stretch them out again.

Obviously like any fabric, years or wear & washing will eventually thin out the fabric a little, but that's over a lot of years i'm guessing as i've never had any get even close to the point where i've thought of throwing them out because they're worn out.

** The only way I can imagine them shrinking in the washing process, and this is because my girlfriend is ALWAYS complaining about her clothes shrinking, is by grabbing them wet out of a cold water wash, and putting them straight into a hot drier... Even still I don't think it's going to have much affect on your wraps... So I guess it a unanimous..

Washing wraps is fine..




On a second question though....

Does everyone always roll their wraps back up between uses, or are you lazy like me and most of the time just throw them messily into a draw?