Modern-day laundry doers have it pretty easy: Soiled clothes, towels and sheets go into the washing machine and come out clean, job done. But knowing how to launder a garment by hand is more useful ...

Clothing is pleasure — recall that feeling you get when strolling outside in your favorite garments — but it’s also a chore, especially when it comes to lugging dirty duds to the laundromat or folding ...