I wanted to de-pill my winter coat, which is woven wool on the outside, before putting it away for the season. I started out just pulling fuzz off by hand, then got to thinking about sweater stones—scratchy stones used to snag pills and pull them off.
I realized that the hook side of hook-and-loop tape, aka Velcro, would do the same thing. I had a piece in my bag of elastic and bias tape and other sewing bits, so I tried it.
It worked well, brushed lightly over the surface of the wool. The Velcro does clog up after a bit, and it helps to have a pin or a needle or a paper clip wire to get underneath the lint and lift it off the hooks.
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