About 4 years ago I bought some £1 a meter jersey fabric off Ebay. Owner closing down so clearing his warehouse and it stunk a bit of damp. I wasn't into jersey then so left it. Found it couple of years later, not smelling so managed to get two nice tops out of it. I was a nice creamy colour, very easy to work with and sew. First time I washed them, they came out white. Same thing has happened with jersey from Sherwoods, nice feel, nice colour, easy to work with, and not cheap, only it has taken just a bit longer for the colour to disappear and become sort of off white.
While DH was working I used Ariel Bio because he generally came home with heavy duty stains on his overalls (he was doing something in the garage a couple of days ago and when he walked down the garden I thought there was a strange man wandering around because he'd got the overalls on). I'm beginning to wonder if I might have to change my powder. With my allergies I wash bedding in a liquid soap but it's not much cop for stains.