The invention relates to the technical field of washing machines, in particular to a method for washing wool clothes and a washing machine adopting the method. The method comprises the following stepsthat water enters to reach preset water level, and washing is enabled; a pulsator is controlled to rotate at certain rotation-stop ratio in the washing process, the rotation time in each rotation-stop period is smaller than the rotation stop time, wherein the washing process includes the washing process of a washing procedure and the rinsing process and a rinsing procedure. By adopting the methodfor washing wool clothes, periodical rotation and stop of the pulsator in the washing process are limited, and the stop time is long, so that the wool clothes can be soaked. The rotation time is shorted than the stop time, the friction between the wool clothes and a tub body and the pulsator is decreased, and the shrinkage rate is reduced. The friction between the wool clothes and the tub body and the pulsator can be decreased by adopting the washing machine in the washing process, the shrinkage rate of the wool clothes is reduced effectively, the pulsator rotates periodically, and the cleaning rate can be improved.