Why wool is prickly and how to avoid this effect: secrets from Tissura

Wool is the most “winter” fabric. This is a strong shield that warms the body, but its help is often abandoned - the stereotype that comes from childhood interferes: the hair will certainly prick the skin. Is it so?

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Wool is really inherent in the effect of "barb." What is it connected with?

Wool Length

First of all, this effect is associated with the length of the wool fibers, of which the threads are twisted and the fabric is woven. For comparison, take a person’s hair. The hair is smooth, curly in a large curl, curly in an African manner. You can braid any of them, but in one hair will lie like toothpicks in a jar, and in the other - like needles on a Christmas tree branch. Some manufacturers indiscriminately use any source material, and if the fibers do not allow you to get the most even and elongated thread, the problem is solved by twisting the short and hard pile - these are the threads that sting the skin.

Method for producing wool: cutting or combing

The effect on the stickiness of the wool is provided by the way it was obtained: combing or cutting. Some types of wool are obtained in only one way, for example, cashmere, which is essentially the undercoat of an animal. The only method of collecting it is combing. Other types of wool offer an alternative.Haircut is a more expensive way, but it allows you to get docile and throughout its length equal fiber density.

Type of wool

Wool is a general definition for several types of yarn. A reasonable question to ask the seller when buying fabric: what animal coat do you get? Cashmere, mohair, alpaca, camel, merino or vicuna wool - they all have different thread saturation and their own characteristics.

How to avoid the "scratchy" effect?

First of all, it is necessary to establish the correct correspondence between the product that you are going to sew and the fabric that you plan to use. Coat = cashmere, alpaca, mohair; dress, skirt, suit = merino wool; stole, scarf = cashmere, merino wool.
Ask at the time of purchase how the wool was obtained - whether it was combed or trimmed, give preference to factories that always work only with selected wool and independently grow it.
Remember the proverb "avaricious pays twice"? The suspiciously low price of wool suggests that they saved a lot at some stages, which means that the product is very likely to transmit unpleasant sensations of stinginess to the skin. The higher cost of wool, preferably reinforced by the respected name of the manufacturer, means that you will get a silky-smooth fabric, a product from which will fully cover your costs, because you will wear it for many years.

Where to buy really soft, smooth and warm wool?

The assortment, which is trustworthy, is presented in the online store of elite fabrics TISSURA.ru. Cashmere, alpaca, mohair, merino wool, camel and vicuna - here you will find fabrics that will amaze your body with the tenderness with which they will warm it, the softness of touch, the brightness and depth of color. In the online store TISSURA.RU - fabrics of factories, many of which have been creating wool for more than 100 years and know secrets that are not subject to anyone else. If you want to buy real wool - come to the TISSURA.RU elite fabric online store!
Posted by: Sergey Gubanov
Photo: PR
Material prepared by Anna Soboleva

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