He's just ruined a third sweater

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I don't have many clothes. I tend to have a few things that I like and wear them a lot until they completely wear out. I hate shopping and don't have a massive budget for stuff. I like reasonable quality though, especially in jumpers- decent wool etc. So jumpers tend to be gifts or lucky finds in the Monsoon sale...

Anyway DH has form for 'accidentally' washing/ tumble drying my hand wash only stuff. Twice he has taken my favourite jumper and ruined it. One was a gorgeous silk chunky hand knit ( hugely expensive) which was a present from a generous relative. The next was the replacement for that sweater which I'd worn twice (and a gift from his DM!)

Now he has done it again. My latest jumper has got 'mixed up' with the kids stuff and tumble dried. The lovely flattering shape now finishes just above my waist and the sleeves are skin tight. We are are going away tomorrow and I have nothing to replace it with except a collection of crappy old fleeces ( which will I suppose keep me warm).

Any suggestions on how I can stop this happening? I am not going to ban DH from laundry duty and I am not going to wear only indestructible woolies. I generally try to keep my things separate but he can be over zealous rounding up things to make up a load...

Failing that any suggestions on how to ram it home to him how much this pisses me off and how expensive his lack of care is becoming.

I keep a separate bag (just a bin liner, nothing fancy) inside the laundry basket for stuff that needs special care with washing.

But he has form for being careless with other people's things (takes very good care of his own stuff) and this is what really pisses me off

How many things are we talking about that he has been careless with? If this is the driving behaviour, I don't think any amount of separate laundry baskets are going to make a difference, particularly as the first 2 items weren't in a laundry basket at all. And it won't stop him putting it in the tumble dryer which is generally not great for most jumper-type things anyway.

Quotes from OP:
"I generally try to keep my things separate but he can be over zealous rounding up things to make up a load..."

"After the last incident we agreed he wouldn't touch my woolies, but this time my jumper got 'gathered up' by mistake. The last 2 victims were not even with the laundry but simply lying around (e.g. laid on the back of a chair when I got too hot - ready to put back on again later...)"

NO AMOUNT OF SEPARATE BASKETS FOR DELICATES WILL MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE.