Boiled Wool

Felting, fulling, or boiled wool?

To ignore one of the basic knitting commandments, "Thou shalt not put wool into hot water" is to risk suffering the dreadful consequences of such action - very small, very stiff, little sweaters in which no family member would never grow. But the approach of hot water as a friend not the enemy, is an opportunity to enjoy a magnificent view on new lines of knit stitches and purl. As a significant change in the texture and appearance of the results of the process of felting, knitting single jersey can be magically transformed all without knowledge of complicated knitting technique.

Felt is a warm, windproof fabric that, despite its cozy texture is remarkably light and soft to the touch. To produce a felt fabric, the basic raw material is always the same, but the method of production may vary. The raw material is common to all methods is a fiber protein derived from an animal source, most often wool. Other protein fibers such as mohair, angora, alpaca, fur and can also be successfully felted. Why only animal fibers? This is because these fibers have a unique surface structure which consists of overlapping scales. These scales in reaction to being immersed in hot water, open and cling to each other creating new formations. This process of engagement is further facilitated by the friction of scales together by some form of agitation such as kneading by hand or the action of a washing machine. scale a new mixture is achieved by making the sliding scales using a soapy, soapy solution. Once these scales have found their new positions on the surface of the fabric, there is no going back. These newly positioned scales remain locked together in their latest relationships and the happy result is felt.

"Felting" is the term most often used to define the transformation of the fiber protein in this warm and wonderful fabric. In the strictest sense, felting describes how to make mats wool fleece (raw wool that has not yet been spun son), by adding hot, soapy water and kneading the wool batt of fiber-to- wide locking. The word "Fitz" is located in the Old High German. This language was in use before the 12th century, an indication that when felting today we continue to explore an ancient craft.

"Crushing" is the process of producing felt from animal fibers son has already been woven or knitted. Fulling takes the woven or knitted through the process of hot water and agitation to facilitate the withdrawal and the creation of felted fabrics. In the Middle Ages, "fullers" were the textile workers who used Fuller's earth, a highly adsorptive clay that removed grease and oils from the woven fabric. The agitation of the cleaning action and reduce the fiber mat to create a fabric that would not unravel. Fulling term comes from "fullare", a medieval Latin word meaning "walk on or" trampled. This process emphasizes the agitation that is necessary to convince the fibers of these scales are mixed. Today, it is more common to see Fuller's Earth used as an ingredient in a mask of makeup, where he established his authority in declining to other tasks.

"Boiled wool" is another descriptive term for felted cloth. It is characteristic of the fabric produced in Austria and used to fashion chic Tyrolean jackets embellished with braid binding and pewter buttons. Again, the basic raw material is wool yarn. The process is the same as pressing, but filled with an industrial level to facilitate handling of large quantities. Computerized control levels finely tune water temperature and the strength of agitation in order to produce a coherent result. The yarn is first dyed, then knit and shrunk without using chemicals. This process produces felt available by the court, ready to cut into pattern pieces to be assembled into garments.

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