The Wash Guide
Do not dryUS & Canada

Do not dry

No drying by any of these methods.

Less a drying instruction than a reinforcement of another one. The American chart pairs it with do not wash, on articles where getting them wet at all is the problem.

Where it sits on the label

  1. Washing
  2. Bleaching
  3. Drying
  4. Ironing
  5. Professional care

Drying comes third of the five. A label is always written in this order and simply leaves out whatever does not apply, so a tag carrying only three symbols is not missing anything. The next shape along yours is the next of these its maker had something to say about.

The rest of the square