lanonising wool covers

[misdee]

can i do it when they are wet? i think i have only done them dry before.

Dunno if its too late, but I always do mine wet.

you can do it when they are wet but they take ages ages ages to dry.... I prefer to do mine dry b/c of that!

Surely if you are soaking them in it they will be wet anyway and take ages to dry?

depends how you are lanolising I guess.

I wash my wool in wool wash by hand. then sqeeze and roll in towels to get as much water out as possible.

I then leave to dry... I then either use solid Lanolin warmed and spread on my hands... and patt it all over the wool- inside and out OR I use a liquid Lanolin spray (nutmeg and vanilla smelly lanolin spray!!).

IME lanolising while wet = 2-3 days drying time. In the same room non Lanolised wool takes a day and 1/2 ish to dry. My utility room has no heating tho.

Although there is lanolin in the wool wash it is minimal- if you lanolise by melting lanolin in water and dipping wool and swirling then I suppose you Have to do it wet!! iirc Lanolin is water repellant so it will seal a proportion of water into the wool if you lanolise wet... therefore taking longer to dry etc.

At the end of the day it is personal preference....

Ahhh, I've only heard of soaking methods!

oh misdee- great website for Lanolin products (usa tho) and has fab info as to methods you can use to lanolise is here-

Link

I wash then lanolise straight into a bucket, all of my wraps can be spun at 700 in hte washer and then hung up (they're popolini, stacinator, bumpy and woollywraps), they take 24 hrs to dry on an airer next to a radiator - I usually stick them in a pillowcase of the spinning, but not always and it hasn't hurt them.

that's good to know that you can spin staccinators... didn't know that!!

most of mine are hand knit and I very careful as I don't want them to felt.... but I can see me buying some Stacc... esp if they are less fragile to care for!!

i always do it wet.i wash in bucket using olive soap,rinse etc,empty bucketand fill with warm water and the lanolin then add wrap and leave over night,take out,sqeeze out later and hang to dry.i use disana at the moment but have used woolywraps in the past.