kay carlson

I agree that vinegar is your lucky ticket. Hopefully you can store the boxes outside until you are able to launder the items. For laces, and braids, etc. you might want to loop in hanks and tie in knee high nylon socks. I've put skeins of acrylic yarn in nylon knee highs to machine wash and dry. They come out beautifully clean and intact. Those nylons are cheap if you don't have a source of discarded pantyhose. :-)