its an honest enuff question if i hand wash a wool jumper in cool water it shrinks why not wen its still on the sheep????
2006-11-19 07:14:21 · 9 answers · asked by Laura Ashley 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Don't ewe know?They do, they used to be 12 feet high and 20 feet long.Seriously you seem to have washed it correctly but did you hang it out wringing wet the weight of the water in the jumper may have made it stretch.Or did you wring it out by twisting it ?This could have stretched it .
2006-11-19 07:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly? Your wool jumper shouldn't shrink if washed in cool water and laid flat to dry. I've washed lots of wool in this manner, and it's never shrunk.
Wool shrinks because of hot water and hot dryers.
If it rained hot water & detergent, the sheep's wool would probably shrink.
Lastly, a sheep's coat is filled with lanolin, which is waterproof.
I met a man who was once a sheep-shearer (in New Zealand).
He had the *softest* hands I have ever felt!
Polly
2006-11-19 07:26:28 · answer #2 · answered by Polly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hot water and agitation which caused shrinkage, that's why wool should be washed in lukewarm water with a gently spin.
So you would have to put a sheep in a hot wash with a high spin to cause any real damage.
2006-11-19 07:27:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two reasons: firstly, the natural wool is waterproofed with a greasy fat called lanolin, that has to be removed to make knitting wool; secondly, the natural wool has not been spun and knitted, so the fibres do not tighten up on themselves to cause shrinkage.
2006-11-19 07:28:06 · answer #4 · answered by cdrotherham 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
basically a wager yet Sheep's wool is roofed in an oily substance all of us be attentive to of as lanolin. that's faraway from the fibers earlier turning out to be yarn. That substance is then utilized in many splendor products. It in all probability makes the water bead quite of soak in.
2016-10-22 09:08:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sheep are preshrunk to fit they wash in cold rain but must only be put on a short spin cycle
2006-11-19 07:23:09 · answer #6 · answered by BOO! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the lanolin in their wool makes them waterproof.
2006-11-19 07:22:32 · answer #7 · answered by Goofy Goofer Goof Goof Goof ! 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
for the same reason that cows (suede and leather) doesn't stain in the rain.
When wool is made into things it is stretched hince the shrinkage
2006-11-19 07:24:51 · answer #8 · answered by t 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you a nutter?
2006-11-19 07:21:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋