Nancy writes: <<I did find with fulling in the washing machine that the center fulled more than the edges and I had to correct that by a lot of steaming with the iron. Next time I will not skip sewing the selvedges together.>>
The only time I sewed selvages together was when I wanted to make vadmal (very heavily fulled cloth), and it was just a small sample. I've never had problems with any of my regular cloth, which is fulled very lightly, just enough to get the gelatine out and relax the yarns thoroughly. Did you mix yarns in the warp? That might explain your problem. If the center was a different type of fiber from the sides--like 100% wool instead of a wool/mohair mix, or something of the like--that would explain the different amount of fulling. Sewing the selvages together won't make any difference in that case. Do share more about your project :) What colors and fibers did you chose? What kind of vest are you planning? Will you be able to put pictures up for us to look at? Holly To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
