How can I stretchout clothing faster?

Question

I have a pair of cotton drawstring pants, and i NEED them to be stretched out ASAP.

Story: I am on a sports team, and I bought a pair of warmup pants.
I tried on a pair from another teammate, and they fit perfectly. I was pre-warned that when I got my pair, they would be small, and I'd need to stretch them out.

I need these pants to be stretched out really soon, as our first competition is comming up shortly, and the way that the team vetrans strethed out their pants was wearing them frequently.. i've been wearing mine for 3 days straight, and still have little change. Would washing them in cold water have any effect? Also, they are long enough.. they are just too snug in the thighs and calves. Thanks!

I don't see how that would work for width.. like i said, they are long enough, I need to expand the circumfrence of the legs. Thanks for the response though.

Answer 1

Try playing tug of war with them. I know this sounds weird, but I did this my Cheerleading equipment, and it works great. Just remember when it comes time to wash them, to do so in cold water and hang to dry, that way they don't shrink back. That happened to me once and it sucked. It was not the time for it to happen, right before a game... ya know. Good luck.

Answer 2

,wash them in mild washing liquid , in tepid water, whilst still in the water stretch them ,then rinse, as you take the water out of them squash them gently then hang till most of the water has stopped dripping, stretch again, lay them on a towel so that way they will dry to the shape you wish when most of the water has absorbed, into the towel then hang them to dry PS, now I have just seen the other part of your Q so in this case once you have taken the water out after rinsing them just lay them on the towel , as you said they are long enough we don´t want to stretch the length. Hello me again. you could also try and iron them whist wet this should stretch the material as wel,l should have said that the first time