MLuskin wrote:
Another thought about washing sweaters made in the
grease. I wonder what the standard of cleanliness for
a traditional Irish fisherman's sweater was if the
sweater was to be worn out on the boat and not in the
parlor.
Because of the dirt, the sweaters were always a dark color
such as navy blue -- this suggests that they were not spun
in the grease, since the grease has to be scoured out before
dye will stick.
Even the cleanest wool is hard to get wet. A wool sweater
under a nylon-taffeta shell keeps me quite dry even when the
taffeta gets wringing wet, because rain would rather run
down the taffeta than soak into the wool.
--
Joy Beeson
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