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Posted by Tia Mary on October 24, 2009, 9:45 am
I am asking about this as part of an offshoot thread to the
Needlework Tips thread. Some of us are talking about having pet hair
made into yarn and then felting the object made from that yarn. The
topic of shrinkage came up and I was wondering why it is that wool
shrinks. Then Sheena mentioned that 100% natural fibers will shrink
when washed in hot water. So -- I'm still curious what it is that makes
wool and cotton, to a lesser degree, shrink when washed in hot water. I
know we have at least one chemistry maven here so hopefully she will
read this and give me an answer in language I can understand :-).
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CiaoMeow >^;;^<
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PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties)
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their whiskers!
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Posted by on October 24, 2009, 11:29 am
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> I am asking about this as part of an offshoot thread to the
>Needlework Tips thread. Some of us are talking about having pet hair
>made into yarn and then felting the object made from that yarn. The
>topic of shrinkage came up and I was wondering why it is that wool
>shrinks. Then Sheena mentioned that 100% natural fibers will shrink
>when washed in hot water. So -- I'm still curious what it is that makes
>wool and cotton, to a lesser degree, shrink when washed in hot water. I
>know we have at least one chemistry maven here so hopefully she will
>read this and give me an answer in language I can understand :-).
>CiaoMeow >^;;^<
I have looked it up - http://tinyurl.com/yhybcex and the answer is it
has to be pure wool, can be alpaca etc though I can't see why one
would use such lovely wool for felting purposes.
I did a bag with handles to use as a knitting bag - when done you
could no longer see how the handles attached, felted it appeared as if
the handles were one. I also did a small purse with strap, that I
invented myself, should have knitted the purse itself a little larger,
you have to allow for shrinkage as it felts.
There are dozens of felting suggestions here - it is fun though of
limited application.
http://www.knittingonthenet.com/felt.htm
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Posted by on October 24, 2009, 11:38 am
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:29:25 -0300, lucretiaborgia@fl.it wrote:
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>I have looked it up - http://tinyurl.com/yhybcex and the answer is it
>has to be pure wool, can be alpaca etc though I can't see why one
>would use such lovely wool for felting purposes.
>I did a bag with handles to use as a knitting bag - when done you
>could no longer see how the handles attached, felted it appeared as if
>the handles were one. I also did a small purse with strap, that I
>invented myself, should have knitted the purse itself a little larger,
>you have to allow for shrinkage as it felts.
>There are dozens of felting suggestions here - it is fun though of
>limited application.
>http://www.knittingonthenet.com/felt.htm
Posting to my own post, bad manners ! I have put a pic of the
knitting bag up on my album at rctnp. The small purse was already
there.
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on October 24, 2009, 12:59 pm
Tia Mary wrote:
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> I am asking about this as part of an offshoot thread to the
> Needlework Tips thread. Some of us are talking about having pet hair
> made into yarn and then felting the object made from that yarn. The
> topic of shrinkage came up and I was wondering why it is that wool
> shrinks. Then Sheena mentioned that 100% natural fibers will shrink
> when washed in hot water. So -- I'm still curious what it is that makes
> wool and cotton, to a lesser degree, shrink when washed in hot water. I
> know we have at least one chemistry maven here so hopefully she will
> read this and give me an answer in language I can understand :-).
> CiaoMeow >^;;^<
Google is your friend!
I entered why does wool shrink, and got several sites, all with much the
same info. Try it. Likewise for cotton, although frequently cotton
shrinks because the warp threads are stretched so tightly on the loom,
and when they hit water they relax and go back to their proper size.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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