It's fulling, not felting.
Nov. 11th, 2019 09:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
which_chickWhen you take a knitted woolen item and shrink it (on purpose) in the washer, this is called FULLING rather than FELTING. It's felting when you do it with loose wool that's not made into yarn or fabric yet. What this means, in short, is that most of the knitting internet is wrong. But anyway.
The yarn was Cascade 220, held double and knit on size 8 straights, stockinette. I washed it on "heavy" cycle in hot/cold with a couple of towels. Twice, because once was insufficient.
"Heavy" means it agitates more.
I only used soap the first time.
And then I dried it in the dryer.
Initial fabric:
Finished fabric:
The white thread is a size marker for a 4" square square. It's just woven in among the wool strands, not very tightly.
After shrinkage, the size marker measured 3 1/2 x 3 1/2" and is more or less square. I wouldn't try this on a garment without a better shrink ratio, but for a bathroom mat, it'll be just fine.
Also, here is my cat (about eighteen pounds of mackerel tabby) failing to realize that he DOES NOT FIT in this box...
The yarn was Cascade 220, held double and knit on size 8 straights, stockinette. I washed it on "heavy" cycle in hot/cold with a couple of towels. Twice, because once was insufficient.
"Heavy" means it agitates more.
I only used soap the first time.
And then I dried it in the dryer.
Initial fabric:
Finished fabric:
The white thread is a size marker for a 4" square square. It's just woven in among the wool strands, not very tightly.
After shrinkage, the size marker measured 3 1/2 x 3 1/2" and is more or less square. I wouldn't try this on a garment without a better shrink ratio, but for a bathroom mat, it'll be just fine.
Also, here is my cat (about eighteen pounds of mackerel tabby) failing to realize that he DOES NOT FIT in this box...
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Date: 2019-11-15 06:54 pm (UTC)