Els, As far as I know, all natural fibres felt. Why? I have no idea.
Higs, Katherine
Els, As far as I know, all natural fibres felt. Why? I have no idea.
Higs, Katherine
Hello Katherine, no not all fibers felt, not even all sheep wool will felt. A Suffolk fleece will not hang together no matter how hard you push and pull it, boil or whatever. Most frustrating when you want felt. Naturally when you make the mistake of throwing a good woolen sweater in the washing machine, it will felt for sure....LOL
Els
Very true, Els! But that is interesting, that not all pure wools will felt. I never realized that.
Higs, Katherine
That is very interesting! I didn't know that, and last year I tried felting something I made out of some stash yarn and even though I knew it was wool, the stuff wouldn't felt!! I knew it was wool because I had the label with the content -- it was something that was no longer available, and not a common name, got it from someone's destashing at one time, so I don't recall what it was. I agitated the heck out of it, and it just got sort of a funny texture to it, but it wouldn't felt down. That was a head-scratcher, I couldn't figure out what happened.
Karen in MN
Hi Karen, you know super (spelling) wool does not felt either, because they took the barbs of the fibers, in the factory. Thus you can machine wash and dry the knitted items made from super wash wool. I think that they do that with a chemical solution
Els
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