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Mickey
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 Posted - 05/12/2005 : 06:40:24 AM
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The fiber is supposed to simmer in the solution for 20 to 30 minutes while you stir it right? Simmer = just below boil, that's pretty hot!  Isn't there a risk that my wool might shrink or felt? |
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MMario
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Posted - 05/12/2005 : 06:46:19 AM
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I believe you do not STIR. it is the combination of movement and wet heat that causes felting/shrinkage
MMario - I don't live in the 21st century - but I play a character who does. |
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jaymeKnits
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Posted - 05/12/2005 : 08:10:54 AM
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| Another major factor in felting is a cold water shock. You won't be doing this with dyeing. |
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RoseByAny
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Posted - 05/12/2005 : 08:15:19 AM
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To felt you need a specific equation of Heat, Moisture, Aggitation, and Enzyme (usually soap, but not always).
Take any of those out of the equation, and it doesn't felt as well. It's why sheep seldom felt in the fields - we don't usually squirt them with soap and then rub them. 
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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Mickey
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Posted - 05/12/2005 : 09:38:00 AM
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RoseByAny,
Aha!! That makes sense!
Thanks a lot to y'all |
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newworlddavinci
Warming Up
USA
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Posted - 05/12/2005 : 11:01:30 AM
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So...
If there is a rain storm in the evening (its a hot sultry evening) and the sheep get wet then lay down to sleep if it has a restless night and tosses and turns will it have a felted coat in the morning?
sorry couldnt help myself
Hagoshii
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RachelKnitter
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Posted - 05/12/2005 : 11:07:10 AM
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Perhaps it will wake up with dreadlocks!
Nature is a haunted house--but Art--is a house that tries to be haunted.
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RoseByAny
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USA
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Posted - 05/12/2005 : 11:08:48 AM
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There are instances of wool felting right on the sheep - it's called Cotting actually, so I suppose the answer is yes, Jeorge.
Fortunately sheep usually sleep well, and don't toss and turn that much.  I guess that's why we count them so we can sleep?
"Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense, and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable."
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newworlddavinci
Warming Up
USA
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Posted - 05/14/2005 : 08:50:15 AM
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LOL
a Rastasheep with dreds, maybe a funky hat. (thats a mental image that i wont be getting rid of anytime soon)
I hadn't heard of Cotting before, thanks for the info. This group is great!!
hagoshii
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blwinteler
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Posted - 05/14/2005 : 11:18:25 AM
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Originally posted by newworlddavinci
LOL
a Rastasheep with dreds, maybe a funky hat. (thats a mental image that i wont be getting rid of anytime soon)
I hadn't heard of Cotting before, thanks for the info. This group is great!!
hagoshii
Jeorge
A knit hat, right? and sunglasses.
Take care!
Brandy
My finished projects
When I can look Life in the eyes, / Grown calm and very coldly wise, / Life
will have given me the Truth, / And taken in exchange---my youth. -Sara
Teasdale, poet (1884-1933)
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SerMom
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Posted - 05/14/2005 : 1:34:55 PM
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I avoid even the potential for the problem by doing the microwave method - no simmering, no stirring. Of course, this does work better for variegated than solids, I think.
Barbara
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