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Hi ladies, I tossed up between posting here or at Diapering, but I think I might get better answers here...
I bought a wool soaker made of Fisherman's and had to sell it because it was to scratchy for my son in our tropical climate. In the meantime I'd bought other soakers from Cascade 220 and Merino, and they are fabulous for him, no issues putting them on.
I now have another one made of Bartlett's, which I am finding to be again too scratchy - similar in texture to the Fisherman's. I really don't want to part with this, because it's beautiful, but if I can't find a solution I will have to, because it's pointless having a battle to force DS to wear it.
I'm not only trying to understand my options, I'm also trying to understand the wool properties so I can make better wool choices with my future soaker purchases. My questions are:
- Do others find Fisherman's and Bartlett's to have similar properties? i.e. long scratchy fibres that stick out? Or is it my imagination?
- What other wool has similar properties to Cascade and Merino and is not like Fisherman's and Bartlett's?
- I have read from other threads here that these will "soften up" after a few washes and lanolising. But will it "smoothen out" the scratchiness?
I need to know if this will help my new soaker and bring it to a similar - hmm, I guess "texture", for want of a better word - to my other Cascade and Merino soakers, because if I need to return it I can't wash it, and while at that point I could try to TP it, I would obviously rather sell a brand new item than one that's been washed a few times.
Help and advice, please! TIA!
I bought a wool soaker made of Fisherman's and had to sell it because it was to scratchy for my son in our tropical climate. In the meantime I'd bought other soakers from Cascade 220 and Merino, and they are fabulous for him, no issues putting them on.
I now have another one made of Bartlett's, which I am finding to be again too scratchy - similar in texture to the Fisherman's. I really don't want to part with this, because it's beautiful, but if I can't find a solution I will have to, because it's pointless having a battle to force DS to wear it.
I'm not only trying to understand my options, I'm also trying to understand the wool properties so I can make better wool choices with my future soaker purchases. My questions are:
- Do others find Fisherman's and Bartlett's to have similar properties? i.e. long scratchy fibres that stick out? Or is it my imagination?
- What other wool has similar properties to Cascade and Merino and is not like Fisherman's and Bartlett's?
- I have read from other threads here that these will "soften up" after a few washes and lanolising. But will it "smoothen out" the scratchiness?
I need to know if this will help my new soaker and bring it to a similar - hmm, I guess "texture", for want of a better word - to my other Cascade and Merino soakers, because if I need to return it I can't wash it, and while at that point I could try to TP it, I would obviously rather sell a brand new item than one that's been washed a few times.
Help and advice, please! TIA!