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  2. Dimensional stability (fabric) - Wikipedia

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    For wool garments, shrinkage is due to scales on the fibers which heat, water, and agitation cause to stick together. Other fabrics are stretched by mechanical forces during production and can shrink slightly when heated (though to a lesser degree than wool). Some clothes are shrunk in the factory to avoid this problem. [17]

  3. Smartwool - Wikipedia

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    When wet, these scales interlock and stick together, clumping the fibers and then constricting when dried. At the scale of a sock or sweater this causes the entire garment to shrink. The Hercosett changes the engineering specification of the wool fibers thereby meeting the consumer need of fabric that does not shrink.

  4. Decatising - Wikipedia

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    Decatising or decatizing, also known as crabbing, blowing, and decating, is the process of making permanent a textile finish on a cloth, so that it does not shrink during garment making. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The word comes from the French décatir , which means to remove the cati or finish of the wool.

  5. Boiled wool - Wikipedia

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    Boiled wool is a type of fabric primarily used in creating berets, scarves, vests, cardigans, coats, and jackets. To create this fabric, knit wool or wool-blend fabrics are agitated with hot water in a process called fulling. This process shrinks the fabric and results in a dense felted fabric that resists fraying and further shrinkage. [1]

  6. Sanforization - Wikipedia

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    The aim of the process is a cloth which does not shrink significantly during production, cutting, ironing, sewing, or especially, by wearing and washing the finished clothes. Cloth and articles made from it may be labelled to have a specific shrink-proof value (if pre-shrunk), e.g., of under 1%.

  7. The 14 Best Wool Sweaters to Keep You Cozy All Winter, Tested ...

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    Cashmere is a type of wool, but not all wool is cashmere. Lewenhaupt explains that cashmere comes from the soft winter undercoat of cashmere goats, hence the name. The goats only shed once a year ...

  8. Wet process engineering - Wikipedia

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    Hence, it is called a wet process which usually covers pre-treatment, dyeing, printing, and finishing. [2] The wet process is usually done in the manufactured assembly of interlacing fibers, filaments and yarns, having a substantial surface (planar) area in relation to its thickness, and adequate mechanical strength giving it a cohesive structure.

  9. 3 Reasons Why Your Hair May Look Thinner When It's Wet - AOL

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    Wet hair is generally easier to cut, partly because all that volume is reduced to straighter, easy-to-manage tendrils, But the weighted-down effect can appear thinner. Martin Barraud / iStock Wet ...