why do some clothes shrink in the laundry and what can I do to prevent it?

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P.s I'm not gonna handwash. That's too much

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Wash with cold water, always.

Don’t put your sweaters in the dryer, hang ‘em up - put them in the dryer for 10min once they’re dry

What do you do with the sweater in the dryer it it's dry?

It makes it softer. Same reason people used to iron everything before electric dryers were common.