I always prewash my wool, especially if it's going to be lined, a jacket
usually shrinks in length by an inch or two with the type of wool I use. Not
sure what would happen with gaberdine, but it doesn't take long to pre-wash
anyway. It also washes out any chemicals used in the processing, so I don't
get rashes when working with it.
Glenda.
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Subject: [h-cost] Wool
I'm in the planning stages of what will be my first ever wool garment. Is
there anything I need to know about sewing with it? Do any of you guys
pre-wash wool? It's a gabardine fabric, which I know isn't terribly
period, but it's what I could afford, and I'm making my late-17th-century
pirate coat out of it.
Thanks for any advice you can give me. Being from South Texas originally,
wool was excluded from my sewing education. :)
Tea Rose
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