Save Your Wool Sweater!

Do any of you have the problem of balls of wool on your sweaters or coat? Like so:

That's my pea coat from Old Navy. 

Last year while visiting my parents, my mom had mentioned being disappointed about a cardigan she purchased from Banana Republic. I went in search for this cardigan in the guest bedroom closet. There it hung, looking normal to me, until I took it out and saw all the fuzzies. So I went into the bathroom and took an old razor out and started to shave the cardigan. It takes a bit of time, but it's worth it. Some spots I had to go in multiple directions to remove the fuzz from the material. 

Results: 

The shavings that come off: 

Instead of picking off the shavings for my coat I decided to vacuum them off. So the clumps looked more like this.