This was the the most fascinating video I’ve seen in a while. Well, the science stuff was. The talking was informative, not fascinating. I also liked the video about reclaiming yarn. THAT was really helpful, too. I never knew what a square knot was or what was so “special” about it.
OMGOODNESS! This is incredible! I'm gaining so much from you. Especially about being around fire with acrylics. I just never knew. "What can I give you in return? To Miss Cheryl(sir), with love."
Mary, you send me encouragement and appreciation over and over with your warm and generous comments. They help. It's kind of lonely teaching to a camera, even though I pretend to see you all inside of it. You make it less lonely and help me want to keep doing it. So thank YOU.
Enormously grateful for this video. I recently dug up some knee length knitted socks that were forgotten in some corner of the wardrobe for a couple of decades. They’re extremely soft and comfortable to wear around the house now that the heating has to be slightly rationed. The thorny question once they had to go on the laundry pile was how do they get washed. If they’re wool and get washed with a regular cotton/synthetic load they’ll end up baby size and utterly ruined. Though I haven’t carried out any tests yet I feel pretty confident that I’ll be able to find the answer one way or the other thanks to your expert advice. Your video is a keeper. 🙏
Thank you for these guides, Cheryl. Given this came out around the end of year holidays, I caught myself humming, "What Fiber is This?" to the tune of "What Child is This?" Thanks, again!
Thank you for this! I have a little baby blanket that I made (and didn't quite finish) 20 years ago and now I'm thinking of frogging it for something else. The drape of the blanket is just beautiful but I haven't a clue what fiber it might be. I'll use some of the tests you shared here to figure it out. I love your little bloopers at the end of your videos, they make me chuckle!
thank you thank you - I have about 5 or 6 balls of mystery yarn in my stash and I was thinking of the burn test but wasn't sure how to do it or what to look for as results what I have done in the past was what I call the wash test on a very small swatch - if it goes into the washer with my bleached towels and comes out of the hot dryer looking the same I know it not a natural fiber this burn test looks so much easier and faster
I'm glad this will help you. Your strategy is another great one but takes more time as you noted. This was a very fun episode to do. I used to carry a lighter into thrift stores and light pieces on fire there if I suspected the content was wool or mostly wool. It made people nervous. Thanks for watching and thank you for commenting!
Thank you for sharing! How interesting! I knew the burn test but had never heard of the bleach test! I don't use bleach but scary what it is capable of doing!
I keep bleach around for emergency disinfecting. I live in the Pacific Northwest in an earthquake-vulnerable area. If we have a big one and I need to gather rain water I want bleach in my tool kit though I have an excellent drip filter as well. It really was scary and it smelled bad but it's a quick way to see if you have wool. And it really was kind of cool in a Ms Wizardy kind of way.
You probably don't know "Mr. Wizard," but he was a TV, black and white science teacher from the late 1950s or early 60s I think. I thought he was great.
Thank you; that was fascinating! It is scary to think what bleach does to proteinaceous matter (yarn, skin, lungs...) The bleach test is a No-No unless I want a severe asthma attack. Sooo, I'll stick with sniffing, stretching and squeezing yarns, no matter how many goofy looks I may get LOL :-)
Good to know. Curious as to what deer fencing looks like?? I looked it up, but all there was avoided the word crochet and gave commercial fencing products.. Thank you for the informative tutorial.
The minute I saw "'How to identify the fiber content of yarn," my first thought was "light it on fire!" Rayon and acetate are both HUGELY flammable as they're both cellulose fibers. In fact, nitrate coated acetate used to be used as an explosive
This should be a great help with the rest of my mother's machine knitting stash which I inherited. Shame to put a lot of labour into using up a yarn only to find it's not hard wearing or you washed it wrong.
Thanks for the tips! I will burn my mystery yarns outdoor when there will be little wind. Before I saw you video what I did to identify yarn is to try and felt them. It's not a really good method obviously.
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
This video convinced me to subscribe to your channel. You are a fabulous resource of knowledge and information. Thank you for sharing and helping me to be brave! :)
Lori Lynette Thank you for this kind comment Lori and thank you for subscribing and commenting. Let me know if there's something special you'd like to see.
I encourage you to make a video that uses bamboo and upload it to help people who want to know about it. My guess is that it's a cellulose fiber and will act like rayon. I've never knit with bamboo myself. I'm a wool gal.
This was the the most fascinating video I’ve seen in a while. Well, the science stuff was. The talking was informative, not fascinating. I also liked the video about reclaiming yarn. THAT was really helpful, too. I never knew what a square knot was or what was so “special” about it.
As a homeschooling knitter with a thrift store habit, this video is going to make a great science fair project. My kids will love it and so will I!
Great! I was a homeschooling knitter whose husband owned a thrift store! I had lots of experience doing this.
OMGOODNESS! This is incredible! I'm gaining so much from you. Especially about being around fire with acrylics. I just never knew. "What can I give you in return? To Miss Cheryl(sir), with love."
Mary, you send me encouragement and appreciation over and over with your warm and generous comments. They help. It's kind of lonely teaching to a camera, even though I pretend to see you all inside of it. You make it less lonely and help me want to keep doing it. So thank YOU.
You just made me cry. Love and Respect to you, my friend.
Enormously grateful for this video. I recently dug up some knee length knitted socks that were forgotten in some corner of the wardrobe for a couple of decades. They’re extremely soft and comfortable to wear around the house now that the heating has to be slightly rationed. The thorny question once they had to go on the laundry pile was how do they get washed. If they’re wool and get washed with a regular cotton/synthetic load they’ll end up baby size and utterly ruined. Though I haven’t carried out any tests yet I feel pretty confident that I’ll be able to find the answer one way or the other thanks to your expert advice. Your video is a keeper. 🙏
Thank you for your lovely comment and I'm sure you'll find a way to keep your treasured socks clean and cozy.
This was really interesting. I’m trying to find out whether a yarn has nylon in it. Some so called sock yarns don’t and they wear out quite quickly.
Thank you for these guides, Cheryl. Given this came out around the end of year holidays, I caught myself humming, "What Fiber is This?" to the tune of "What Child is This?" Thanks, again!
Oh no Mary! Now you have me doing it. That song is going to be stuck in my head for days. Thanks for watching and happy holidays to you.
Oh no... I think you've just started something! lol
Thank you for this! I have a little baby blanket that I made (and didn't quite finish) 20 years ago and now I'm thinking of frogging it for something else. The drape of the blanket is just beautiful but I haven't a clue what fiber it might be. I'll use some of the tests you shared here to figure it out.
I love your little bloopers at the end of your videos, they make me chuckle!
You're so welcome Sloppy Joe. (I love the bloopers too.)
thank you thank you - I have about 5 or 6 balls of mystery yarn in my stash and I was thinking of the burn test but wasn't sure how to do it or what to look for as results
what I have done in the past was what I call the wash test on a very small swatch - if it goes into the washer with my bleached towels and comes out of the hot dryer looking the same I know it not a natural fiber
this burn test looks so much easier and faster
I'm glad this will help you. Your strategy is another great one but takes more time as you noted. This was a very fun episode to do. I used to carry a lighter into thrift stores and light pieces on fire there if I suspected the content was wool or mostly wool. It made people nervous. Thanks for watching and thank you for commenting!
Thank you for sharing! How interesting! I knew the burn test but had never heard of the bleach test! I don't use bleach but scary what it is capable of doing!
I keep bleach around for emergency disinfecting. I live in the Pacific Northwest in an earthquake-vulnerable area. If we have a big one and I need to gather rain water I want bleach in my tool kit though I have an excellent drip filter as well. It really was scary and it smelled bad but it's a quick way to see if you have wool. And it really was kind of cool in a Ms Wizardy kind of way.
You probably don't know "Mr. Wizard," but he was a TV, black and white science teacher from the late 1950s or early 60s I think. I thought he was great.
Thank you; that was fascinating! It is scary to think what bleach does to proteinaceous matter (yarn, skin, lungs...) The bleach test is a No-No unless I want a severe asthma attack. Sooo, I'll stick with sniffing, stretching and squeezing yarns, no matter how many goofy looks I may get LOL :-)
Good to know. Curious as to what deer fencing looks like?? I looked it up, but all there was avoided the word crochet and gave commercial fencing products.. Thank you for the informative tutorial.
Any fence that is about 7 feet high will do. As it turns out I gave that yarn away to a local charity project.
This was absolutely fascinating ~!! Thanks for this,,I was spellbound from start to finish~!!!
Thanks Vivienne. We used to own a donation thrift store. I've identified many a piece of fiber.
The minute I saw "'How to identify the fiber content of yarn," my first thought was "light it on fire!" Rayon and acetate are both HUGELY flammable as they're both cellulose fibers. In fact, nitrate coated acetate used to be used as an explosive
Yikes!!
Fascinating and informative - thank you’
Glad it was helpful and you are so welcome.
This should be a great help with the rest of my mother's machine knitting stash which I inherited. Shame to put a lot of labour into using up a yarn only to find it's not hard wearing or you washed it wrong.
Thanks for the tips! I will burn my mystery yarns outdoor when there will be little wind. Before I saw you video what I did to identify yarn is to try and felt them. It's not a really good method obviously.
You are so welcome! Thank you for watching and commenting. I hope you'll come to cherylbrunette.com and join my email newsletter group. That's where I'm in closest touch with knitters.
This video convinced me to subscribe to your channel. You are a fabulous resource of knowledge and information. Thank you for sharing and helping me to be brave! :)
Lori Lynette Thank you for this kind comment Lori and thank you for subscribing and commenting. Let me know if there's something special you'd like to see.
now the crunchy cotton shirts I have make sense now.
Awesome!!
Bwahahaha, deer fence! Seriously, did you do that? Such a great idea
Great experiment! Thanks for doing it and posting your results : )
Not yet Sarah. So much to do around here all the time. But some day, I hope.
awesome!.. i feel like it was luoise from the movie insidious who's talking.. hehe.. sorry..
:D I haven't seen the movie but I'm flattered, I'm sure. Have you joined my email newsletter group at cherylbrunette.com yet? If not, please join us.
Interesting, But Too bad that this didn't include bamboo
I encourage you to make a video that uses bamboo and upload it to help people who want to know about it. My guess is that it's a cellulose fiber and will act like rayon. I've never knit with bamboo myself. I'm a wool gal.