Especially if it's a worsted. It sounds like the original poster is doing something quite similar to what I do to felt my knitted flat caps--lots of soap, and alternating between shocking the [EMAIL PROTECTED] out of it with very hot water and very cold water. I've primarily used vigorous rubbing to achieve the agitation part, but someone on a list I'm on actually recommended getting an inexpensive toilet plunger (carefully marked for fabric use only!), and using that to agitate one's fabric/knitting/project. --Sue
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kimiko Small" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Historical Costume" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 1:17 PM Subject: Re: [h-cost] fulling wool fabric > Sounds like the wool is not going to full. Tropical weight often is that way, while flannel is more likely to full in my experience. > > Sorry, > > Kimiko > > > Alexandria Doyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> > So is there some trick/step I missed or could I possible have some > wool that's been treated not to full? > > alex > > > > > --------------------------------- > See the all-new, redesigned Yahoo.com. Check it out. > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
