Hi all, Does anyone know the mechanism behind angora felting during storage? I purchased some lovely batts prepared on a PG Supercard, 60/40 Merino/Angora. They sat in storage (batts were folded and rolled) for about 6 months in a clean, dry plastic bag.
When I began spinning them this week, I found they had felted somewhat. One end of each batt was more felted than the other, but I did not think to remember which end was closer to the outside (touching the bag). The batts literally were undisturbed the entire time in storage, so I'm doubtful that any felting could have occurred from mechanical movement, eg, rubbing on the plastic while being moved from bin to bin. I've heard of this happening before, but I guess I hadn't quite believed it. I have never had storage-felting with wool, silk, alpaca... What causes it? Thanks for your thoughts, June -- Twosheep Blog: http://www.twosheep.com/blog Twosheep Handspun Yarn: http://www.twosheep.com/yarn To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
