> > >Is there a quick and easy way to know whether a wool fabric is a > >good
> > >candidate for fulling? My experiments so far have had wildly > >different
> > >results (the one which I bought marked 100% wool -a > >suiting- shrank
> > >almost not at all), the other was a blanket from > >Value Village (which I
> > >did the burn test on the sly in the store) > >shrank about the equivalent
> > >of my knitting with a worsted > >yarn. Thanks for any input.> >> >Laurie>
> > >> Worsted wool suiting is unlikely to full very much, if at all; it's >
> > >generally a smooth, firmly woven, somewhat shiny fabric made of >
> > >worsted-spun wool. If something is fairly fluffy (meaning it's made > of a
> > >woolen-spun yarn) and not firmly woven, like the blanket, it > will
> > >probably full to some extent (sometimes to a great extent).> > Worsted and
> > >woolen are technical terms in spinning that define the > way the wool is
> > >prepared and spun (the use of "worsted" as a size of > yarn is a modern
> > >misnomer). Worsted yarns are very firm and smooth, > with uniform wool
> > >fiber lengths and little air incorporated into the > thread; the wool
> > >fibers are prepared by combing. Woolen yarns are > more open and airy than
> > >worsted, and have a mix of wool fiber > lengths; the wool fibers are
> > >prepared by carding.> > > Joan Jurancich> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Thank you, Joan. "Fairly fluffy" it is then. :)
Laurie
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