knitted garment care tags

[mamapaulsel]

I knitted hats for every member of DH's family as Christmas presents. I knitted them in 100% Malabrigo yarn and my concern is that they will machine wash and dry them resulting in a felted bowl. So I need to write/make tags to pin to the hat that will tell them how to care for it. I am in need of suggestions, preferably ones that will not cost any money. Thanks!

[Jan in CA]

If you have cardstock (heavier paper) you can print on you can print up tags that say something like -

"Hand wash ONLY. Washing in the washer and dryer will shrink and felt this hat"

Then you can punch a hole and use a holiday sticker or stamp to make it cute and Christmassy. OR if you're handy with the computer and have software you could create a tag with a border and text and print it...

ETA: I just made these labels up in about 5 minutes. I