More information on fiber analysis...
Do you know that speed of flame of cotton fiber is the same as of burning paper?
Because both cotton and paper are plant fibers!
Check it here.
Do you know that speed of flame of polyester and acrylic is the fastest comparing
to other fibers we ware?
Because both polyester and acrylic are petrolium
fibers!
Check it here.
Very comprehensive fiber analysis can be found here...
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Our material from workshop "What's In Your Stash?"
run at Creative Festival Toronto Spring 2006,2007
How To Analyse Fiber Content:
Igniting woolen fibers
This test was conducted over the sink with water
Behavior of the flame and the thread/fabric when 100% woolen thread/fabric is ignited
It takes time to ignite woolen thread/fabric because of significant number of single
fibers
Flame travels with low speed and it is easy to stop
Material does not melt and does not drip
The smell is like burning hair
The ash is easily powdered leaving clean edges of the thread/fabric
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Here And There Fiber Facts...
Alpaca fiber is warmer then wool.
The softer the wool the less elasticity it has.
Animal fiber is measured by micron count (diameter of the single hair). The higher
the number the softer is the fiber.
Wool can be as soft as alpaca and alpaca can be more coarse then wool!
Fine quality wool can be worn almost immediately after the wash because it dries
up very quickly.
It takes great amount of chemicals to treat cotton fibers prior to making a cotton
fabric.
Flax or linen fiber is getting softer after each wash. Like an old wine the linen fabric is getting better with age!
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