It's been, thankfully, YEARS since I dealt with acrylic--that was in the form of knitting yarn, but I can't imagine the process of finishing is much different.
It does need wet-finishing, even though a synthetic fiber, as any yarn can stretch while weaving and wet-finishing helps relax the yarn as well as remove reed marks, etc. Avoid much agitation as acrylic pills easily. Cheaper acrylics can heat-set, too, so don't use high (cotton) heat if you machine-dry. Other than that, wash in cold or warm water with gentle agitation--I think even synthetics need some spinning oils, which won't be washed out of weaving yarns--or could just pick up dust and dirt between spinning and weaving. Laundry detergent would be fine. Tumble dry low, as just about every acrylic or other synthetic garment I've seen has said :) And I almost never use fabric softener anymore, but that might not be a bad idea with acrylic. Synthetics are more prone to static electricity than other fibers, and the fabric softener can help with that. What's the project, John? Was the yarn very stretchy and did it pose problems due to stretchiness? Holly
