I loved this video! I actually know why there isn't crocheted fabrics. It's because machines cannot recreate the actions needed to crochet. Knitting is basically sliding loops over rows of loops in series. A machine can be programmed to slide a certain number loops over a certain number of rows fairly easily. Crochet, on the other hand, is far more complicated. Each stitch must be done independently of the others and even the simplest stitch involves much more than a single loop. You really need a human to be able to see what their doing in order to properly manipulate the yarn or thread. Machine vision just isn't at the point where machine crochet is viable, even using standard weighted yarns. Garment fabrics are even further off. There probably won't ever be machined crochet because there really isn't a demand for it. There is one well-known example of a crochet machine (or warp knitting machine), made by the COMEZ company, but it is actually just a loom knitting machine. You can tell because it uses a series of needles to work the yarn and there are no needles in crochet (only hooks). So there is knit fabrics that can look kind of like crochet, but aren't actually crochet. www.crochetconcupiscence.com/2011/06/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-crochet-machine/
I knew this only in the sense of when looking for ethical products. If you can find a crocheted piece of clothing, furniture or decor (usually a lacy type thing) in a store selling new things, it should be priced as if it were handmade, if not custom-made. The work can only be done by people sitting there, working for hours, or having spent a lot of time and effort getting skilled enough for it to go faster.
Knitter Knowledge time! I am also a spinner .... cashmere is from a goat (not a sheep), angora is also a type of goat but their fiber is called mohair. Angora by that name in textiles is usually from angora rabbits. A breed of sheep many people have heard of is merino - they’re very popular for clothing since the wool is extremely fine and springy. Paco vicuña is a camelid (like alpacas, llamas, and camels) and how their fleece is harvested is very interesting, they’re not domesticated and the fiber is very difficult to collect. The same goes for musk oxen, whose fiber is qiviut which is even more dreamy than vicuña 🤓
Sarah M That gave me the funniest visual of a bunch of hapless farmers stalking a vicuña with electric scissors in hand. Although I guess, it’s actually probably more a collecting shedded fibers operation, right?
Sarah M Thank you for sharing your knowledge Sarah! If things have not changed, in textiles class I learned the Vicuña must be killed to obtain their wool - is this your understanding as well? Hate to think of them being hunted for this. 😕
I had never heard of the vicuna's having to be killed for their wool! I know in the US (and I assume elsewhere) there are alpaca/vicuna hybrid breeds that are domesticated and apparently like wild vicuna their wool can only be "harvested" every two years or so. The Wikipedia (not the best I know) page for vicuna seems to imply that the governments where the vicuna live wild do have them under protected status and have regulations in place to approve only sanctioned sheared vicuna wool allowed to be sold. It sounds like they do have trouble with illegal poaching however, which is just super unfortunate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicu%C3%B1a
Just an interesting anecdote, my mother is a spinner and fiber artist as well. We lived next to an American Bison pasture (we had a rich neighborhood behind us and a golf course, long story) she would harvest shed bison fur from the fenceposts in the spring. Never was a worse fiber for clothing, but it makes the warmest blankets. Also discovered baby bison are about the cutest things that ever existed, and that bison are for the most part, pretty friendly.
I wish every self-proclaimed fashion channel would watch this video. (or read a book, just anything). So many channels who say that making fashion-centric content is their JOB do not know even the basics of textiles. They don't know a knit from a woven, they don't know a print from a woven-in pattern, they don't know the correct names of ANYthing. I have almost never seen a fashion haul where they actually look at the tag and say what it's made out of. Occasionally they guess, like they will say "this feels like a cotton quality" instead of actually looking at the tag and giving the percentages. (and they incorrectly use the vague term "quality" to refer to fiber content, when quality is actually a whole bunch of different factors including fabric, hardware, fit, construction, finishing, etc etc. ) I don't expect an average person on the street to know about textiles but if anyone is going to call themself a fashion channel and it's their main source of income, then for heavens sake, learn something about the subject and then pass that knowledge along to the viewers. We have the blind leading the blind out here.
@@growley333 They use satin as a synonym for silk. As I am sure you know, Silk is a fiber (the raw material) and satin is a weave. Kind of like silk is an apple and satin is a pie. Pies can be made of many things, not just apples, and apples can be made into many things, not just pies. It is the same with silk and satin. Silk can be woven into satin, but all silk is not satin and all satin is not silk. And to an average non-fashion person I totally get this might seem like trivial semantics or splitting hairs, but for someone who calls fashion their career, they should learn this stuff. And then the youtuber could educate the rest of their viewers but they would have to learn something themselves first.
Yes I have seen it used in that context but I'm sure I came across 1 case where they included silk in the list too as well as satin. That really was next level ??? As if satin is a fiber type. I already knew these fabric turns and meanings as a casual sewist, but it was really driven home when I did a load of research into different weave types and looms for my engineering job of all things! I hold the view that fabric clothing design and making is just another form of engineering really. You just get to be a bit more expressive and decorative in dress design but it is all just as creative in my eyes. I love the way TheClosetHistorian describes things.
Great info, thanks for pointing out that many cloths in mid cent. were hand made. This is so true. Also cloths were changed many times during the day, there were house dresses, wore during housework, never out. There were school cloths that were changed into play cloths after school.and if you went shopping you would change from play cloths into a day dress or top and skirt, You had 1 or 2 church outfits each season. Most familys had 1 or 2 formals. A long and short version mostly. A black dress or suit for funerals. Thats one big thing ive noticed that rarely happens now. The items of cloths that were saved for each occasion diring the day or week. And the ammount of changing outfits during the day.
Great video! Currently I’m in a college textiles class. I was trying to procrastinate studying for my final by watching YT... instead I got an awesome review
Thank you so much for this video!! I've been sewing for years and I still love learning about it. I have mostly sewn with cottons for quilting and doll cloths for neighbor kids but I have recently gotten interested in vintage styles and found there was so much more out there and it can get confusing. I really enjoy your videos and especially love it when you do get "nerdy". Please keep them coming!!
Such an interesting video! Thanks Bianca! There's no ethical animal issues with wool as long as there's no mulesing (or if they're given adequate pain relief, but I do prefer to just avoid mulesing all together). Sheep have to be shorn, otherwise they could die. Humans have, over time, bred them to be like this, but that's where we are right now. Cotton and linen are so so much better than any synthetic; even if it takes roughly the same amount of resources to make a cotton shirt and a polyester shirt, the cotton shirt will eventually biodegrade. The polyester will not. Plastic literally never biodegrades, it just gets smaller and turns into what are called microplastics, which unfortunately pollute our water.
I also wonder what sort of vintage we're going to leave behind for future generations if everything we buy is fast fashion made of plastic? it will probably all end up in landfill because we get bored of it so quickly. Unless we switch to sewing in great numbers or grow huge bank accounts so we can buy designer gorgeousness made of silk and cotton?
"Sheep have to be shorn, otherwise they could die?" Really? I raised sheep for 10 years in 4-H (including some breeding stock so kept them year around) and that just doesn't seem right to me. Wild sheep do shed their heavier winter coats. Is there that much of a difference between domesticated and wild sheep?
There are several sheep species that are primarily raised for meat or dairy. Some of these are “hair sheep” and never grow wool and some are “wool sheep” which are able to shed naturally: Icelandic, Wiltshire Horn, California Red, and Dorper. (Not guaranteed to be an extensive list)
Jacquard evolved from a weaver returning drunk to the mill and seeing the pattern in his inebriated state - so the story goes! My textile lecturer told us how to remember which way the threads ran was the weft runs from weft to right on the selvidge lol. Love the intelligent manner you treated you followers in this video. ❤👍🇭🇲
Oh I'm so gonna get nerdy on fabrics now..! I love the fact that IT and sewing have a common history, since Ada Lovelace (praised be the girl) the first programmer ever (yep) got the idea of the first Babbage algorithm whilst looking at a loom.
This was super interesting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I sure love that you show the Montgomery Ward catalogue. I remember shopping at Montgomery Wards in the 1960s and the 1970s. 💜💛
Thank you Brenda! I loooove old Wards catalogs, I collect them, but I am on a break from doing so until I get all of the ones I already have scanned and online to share :)
I just happened upon this video this evening and was so happy I did! Your explanations of the fibers and the fabrics they turn into was one of the best explanations I've heard/read. I have a soft spot in my heart for Montgomery Wards. They opened a huge store in downtown Chicago which is where I live. My Mother used to take me there for shopping. It was always a fun place to be, hiding behind the racks of dresses and skirts and my Mother trying to find me. In Chicago, it was routinely called Monkey Wards as a nickname. It was a sad day when the flagship store closed down, the catalogue went away and then one by one the stores closed. I always bought my summer shorts there until the mid 80s when they finally closed all of the stores. So hang onto those catalogues!!! They are special. Thanks again for this video!!
This is excellent. You don't have to prove yourself, you sound very much like you know what you're talking about. Very cool to hear you do science on this... Love your style!
Why in the world would anyone object to wool, except for its somewhat scratchy feel? Shearing a sheep for wool is not hurting or damaging the sheep. It’s a haircut and nothing more. Super, super tutorial. Thank you very much for all this good information!
I think part of it comes from lack of knowledge about the process and a lack of exposure to good quality fabrics. If I mention "tropical weight wool", it would be interesting to find out how many folks would even know what I am talking about.
I think it's probably more the issues that come along with factory level farming/huge/bad farms that can happen out there that people are opposed to, as I hope most people know wool comes from shearing sheep not skinning them eek!
TheClosetHistorian unfortunately, I’ve met a few (city) people who think that wool comes from skinning sheep. And this is in Australia, and I’m pretty sure we’re the number one wool producer in the world. We do skin sheep for sheepskin products though- like Ugg boots. Maybe that’s why they get confused?
Yea a hair cut that takes 60 secs or less, that leaves u bleeding and bruised afterwards. Just a haircut they say. If u have never seen a shearing operation in full and I don’t mean one sheep being sheared then u don’t know. I’ve grown up around shearing sheds and the animals aren’t treated well. Personally I don’t wear wool because of it. Makes me nauseous thinking about it
I just went and checked my favorite blouse to see the fiber content. Sure enough, rayon. It is the softest, silkiest, most lovely lightweight shirt in a beautiful mustard color with floral print. I want 10,000 of these shirts with variations.
This was SO helpful because working retail I've learned A LOT as far as what a garment is made out of and woven vs. Knits but this definitely fills in the holes. And I feel like it really helped in starting my own sewing journey!
Thank you for another great video and keep your geek streak on, your viewers appreciate it! . I agree about the point you made that sewing clothes using vintage patterns is authentic vintage (but thanks to the internet and modern sewing machines which make finding all the patterns and sewing all the fabrics so much easier). You're right too , viscose and rayon are more natural because they come from plants and they let the skin breathe. It also blends well with other natural fibres. I hope people will get the message about polyester , it's not a nice fabric to wear for starters. People, have a think when you pick up that polyester dress: do you want to go out wearing a plastic bag? NO! don't do it! it's sweaty, it smells funny and it's bad for the environment!
Thank you! Yeah poly just really isn't even comfortable...I say we switch back to natural based fibers (including my semi synthetic beloved rayon too of course) as a species in general, but fast fashion is fueled on poly!
I've watched this twice and I estimate I'll need to watch this 4 more times in order to really process everything in a way that penetrates BUT I wanted to say thank you! I meant to say this last time but I think it's so cool that you have an Apparel Design degree! Also, since I'm wildly interested in how things work from the inside out, I'd be really interested in the hows and whys of why fabric pills/some pill sooner or worse than others. I've already written a book so I'll stop here by saying you look/your make-up looks stunning in this vid 😍
Thank you Melanie! Basically pilling really does just come down to staple fibers and filament fibers. If a fabric is made of staple (short fibers) some are just going to come loose (like, wiggle out of the twist of the threads or weave of the fabric) and ball up on the surface over time. That is why blends are extra trouble, because the short fibers just escape from the long ones, and why areas of high friction, like where your arms rub your shirt, pill faster than other areas on a garment. Shiny polyester satin and other 100% poly fabrics making full use of their long fibers don't really pill, and silk doesn't much either just because the longer the fibers are the less pilling there is. Also, please enjoy this quote about pilling I just found on wikipedia "The textile industry divides pilling into four stages: fuzz formation, entanglement, growth, and wear-off." Nothing like some technical fuzz formation!
What a wonderful, informative and interesting video ~ thank you! I’m also going to order the book behind you - 5000 Years of Textiles. I’m certain that the history and photos will be fascinating.
Thank you! That book is still a real textbook though, so it's very information heavy and while it does have photos, it's still on the perhaps the say...drier academic side of things from what I can remember!
Thank you for this highly educational video! I already knew everything, but because I'm from Germany and englisch isn't my native language It was great to get a overview of everything to learn the English terms. And I'm totally like you with rayon. It's a natural fiber for me too because it's like one to wear.
That video answered a lot of questions for me, and filled in a lot of gaps about what l knew already. Thank you ! And I agree with you , in that I also consider rayon to be a natural fibre.
I studied texiles when I learnt fashion design back in the 70's. Your knowledge of fibres and fabrics is great, I had forgotten some of this information. This was really interesting. I will be going to the haberdashery with a different mind set from now on.
I got so excited when I saw the title of this video! You pressed my nerd button, big time. I thoroughly enjoyed it, so much information. I keep telling my husband I want to go to the textile museum in France. One thing I would like to say about wool, for those that regard harvesting wool as cruel. As someone that was raised on a farm, not shearing them is incredibly cruel and detrimental to the animals.We do them a favor by removing the wool from them, for many reasons. Thank you, for all the work you do putting together your videos.
I raised sheep for 10 years and they always get cut and bleed when they are shorn because they go as fast as possible. Also, wild sheep shed their winter coats. I do wonder if domesticated sheep would as well if they were not shorn. They do rub against fenceposts and trees, which makes some of the wool come off.
hi Bianca, I sew my own retro vintage clothing and use patterns. Often there will be suggested fabrics on the pattern which are quite expensive to buy, so I like to find cheaper alternatives with a similar weight and drape, if I can. Love the "nerdy" content :) PS. I don't wear new silk or wool garments any more, for ethical reasons. I will buy thrifted wool or silk though. Also in Australia, what you call muslin we call calico
Absolutely loved this video! i have been sewing for alittle over a year yet, but didnt know most of what you shared. So thanks a million for sharing your knowledge. Definitely make more videos similar to this :)
Explains why some pieces of clothing are pricier than others. It would be interesting to focus on quality too since so many people purchase fast fashion not realizing what a waste of money that is.
I'm old enough to remember clothing 20, even 40 years ago ... and my interest in fabric construction goes back to my childhood. There was plenty of shoddy clothing made in the past - but it didn't survive. Poor quality fabric can become damaged even in storage, and few people will save garments that were poorly sewn, with hems falling out and torn underarms. What we see now is well-made old clothing. My 1980s Nordstrom business suits are still in great shape. The 1970s stuff from Sears and K-Mart that my mom bought me were sent to the landfill decades ago. I owned a lot more Sears clothing than Nordstrom!
More!!!! I'd especially be interested in you showing upclose the fabrics and educating on what they are. I sell vintage online and damn sometimes it's so hard to name a fabric
I really like this video, I knew some of it but you made it make more sense in my head. With the different materials that are made out of the different fibers and stuff.
Thanks for this! It's almost like you read my mind, Bianca! I'm still new to sewing and given the availability of source material I'm learning everything in English and this sometimes means learning things for the first time or anew. After watching your last video I fell in a rabbit hole of rayon challis and other terms like voile, cotton lawn and twill. Would you make a video on different weaves?
This is so awesome, thank you, my textile degree was textile crafts so we needed to know about fabrics which I found fascinating, I always look at what fabrics my clothes are made of and avoid polyester and go for natural fibres.
Wow, so much detail! Great vid. My understanding is that it is not possible to construct crochet fabrics by machine. All true crochet fabrics are worked by hand. Worth a thought when you see Target and other cheap box store garments that are crochet - they will have been made all by hand so consider how much the person who made it has been paid for their work. So these are not fabrics that can be manufactured commercially.
People who are against wool because of ethics go ahead and use synthetics instead…makes no sense to me. My same argument with faux fur. Buy vintage fur instead of more plastic production! Love the video, B.
I raised sheep for 10 years and when they shear them, the number one goal is to go as fast as possible and they ALWAYS nick them. I don't think I've ever seen one not bleeding afterwards.
Great video and easy to understand. I live in Manchester (Cottonpolis as it was known in the mill hey days) UK, if you ever come this way Quarry Bank Mill is worth a visit. It is an old cotton mill/museum with not a so cute history (child labour) but the machinery is all still working and they produce their own fabric. Really interesting place to visit
21:36 yes please! I’d like something like that. I see this video is four years old, maybe you’ve since made the video on fabrics that you mention, or maybe I’m way too late in asking, but I just found your channel… to which I’m glued ☺️
What a fabulous video - I found it absolutely fascinating! Thank you for explaining a topic I really feel I should have already known about but didn't! 😀
Fantastic video! I learned a lot and I know that this new info will come into good use 😉 Loved the microscopic views of the different fibers! I never would've thought to look at fibers that way- so interesting and beautiful 😍 Please geek/nerd out anytime 😁
I love this video so much... you speak so well and are a great educator! I wonder if one day you could do a video about the history of fasteners... snap, hooks , zippers, etc Thanks for all the fantastic content!
This was really helpful! Now I finally understand why rayon is different from all other synthetics, but not quite natural. I could still use some more information on synthetics and blends. Although I know they aren’t historically authentic, let’s face it a cotton-poly blend looks a lot crisper with a lot less ironing. I get lost with viscose, elastane, etc. and when one might want to use which one, or in what proportion. I’d also like to know about raime. All in all your channel is great. Your outfits look fabulous and I’m not even a huge fan of 40s or 50s style.
I don't know if this already exists, but something like a multiplication table where fibers are listed across on the x axis & weaves are listed down on the y axis. I wonder if it would open ideas for combinations of fibers and/or weaves to create a new fabric. Maybe not, maybe this is a very amateur view, but it is what made these concepts really sink into my brain... Thank you so much. I do paper crafts but I've always wanted to learn how to sew & sew the really amazingly perfect things that are found in like Edwardian gowns. I do mix paper craft with weaving. I think I'm going to branch out past the basic basket weave now.
Do give in another video details on chiffon, Jacquard, brocade, satin, tweed, velvet, gabardine- ...also tell us about online stores that make vintage inspired dresses and outfits
I have plowed my way through books on fibre and cloth, so much easier to listen to your summary. I do like using rayon in dresses and tops. The feel and drape always seems natural to me. Didn't know it was made of cellulose, or knew and forgot.
This video is soooooo amazing - helpful, useful and applicable to all aspects of apparel. Your professional knowledge is enhanced by your ability to communicate clearly, and the inset visuals were a delight in their own rite. Thank you for such a thorough presentation. p.s. - your references to various types of fabrics has piqued my interest - how can we bribe you to create a video on fabric types - comparisons, characteristics, appearance of weave, etc.
On the use of silkworms. The worms do get steamed, but once they are unwrapped they are then sold as food - so they don't just waste the wee things. I ate one in Beijing, though I had no idea that was what it was when I tried it. I will go for the cliche, and say it had a texture sort of like chicken.
Loved this video - it answered some of my questions about where you do your research, I had not thought of old catalogs! P.S. If it might make you feel less “nerdy”, I actually took Textiles in collage, purely as an elective (nothing to do with my philosophy degree program), & I feel I have used that knowledge extensively when choosing carpet, selecting furnishings for my baby’s room, buying linens, & of course sewing! One person’s nerdy is another’s handy info to have stashed in one’s head!!
Thank you Rose! I love old catalogs, but when it comes to research I also just really adore pinterest too, I think absorbing as many images as possible forms a sort of bank in the mind that your brain can draw upon when dating vintage in the wild or putting together outfits for a specific era :) I totally understand taking textiles as an elective. There have been many times over the years when I have wished I had done a business degree and then took fashion classes as electives instead...but as I don't have a time machine I try not to think about that!
TheClosetHistorian there is always grad school! In collage, philosophy was my first love & my major - & after a few years out of undergrad - I knew no one would ever pay me to philosophize. So, I went back & got an MBA focusing in HR (while working full time) & now I work in HR. If I ever won the lottery I would go back to school for apparel design - not because I want to be a designer - I just want that knowledge! All this to say - it is not too late! ☺️ Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
There's an extra step to going vintage and that's raiding your grandmother's fabric stash :P My grandmother gifted me a treddle singer sewing machine that had been passed down too
This is cool! Maybe this is going too far but I'd be interested in a general description of the qualities of different sorts of fabrics that were commonly used in 30s, 40s, 50s clothing. Like how you described a crepe as nubbly - we all probably have some personal familiarity with certain fabrics (denim = stiff, strong, no stretch; chiffon = light, transparent, fluffy; taffeta = shiny, makes things "poofy"), but twill? Crepe? Challis? I've heard the words, but that's where I lose the thread, so to speak (HA!).
Thank you! I will have to do more research and collect some more examples/swatches before I can make a weaves video, but I am interested in doing something in the future!
Go to a fabric store and feel the fabric and look at the labels. Growing up, my mom and I would walk through fabric stores and my mom would just be feeling all the fabrics. I guarantee you have some clothing in your home that is twill. Just think of a pair of khaki pants.
The is no shrunk down version of crochet because we haven't invented a way to crochet by machine. Every crochet item you encounter was made by hand by a human. As a knitting and sewing instructor it's fun to hear a different person describe fibers and fabric structures. I tried the shampoo commercial example to explain the hair in wool with a 12 year old student recently and she had no clue what I was talking about.
Love the video. Could you perhaps do one for fabric and especially vintage fabric care? I was recently gifted some vintage lace collars and obviously handwashing is the way to go but I’m almost afraid to even just get them wet. I live in CO as well and as you know it’s a very dry climate and I’m not sure how that ages the fibers over time.
I loved this video! I actually know why there isn't crocheted fabrics. It's because machines cannot recreate the actions needed to crochet. Knitting is basically sliding loops over rows of loops in series. A machine can be programmed to slide a certain number loops over a certain number of rows fairly easily. Crochet, on the other hand, is far more complicated. Each stitch must be done independently of the others and even the simplest stitch involves much more than a single loop. You really need a human to be able to see what their doing in order to properly manipulate the yarn or thread. Machine vision just isn't at the point where machine crochet is viable, even using standard weighted yarns. Garment fabrics are even further off. There probably won't ever be machined crochet because there really isn't a demand for it.
There is one well-known example of a crochet machine (or warp knitting machine), made by the COMEZ company, but it is actually just a loom knitting machine. You can tell because it uses a series of needles to work the yarn and there are no needles in crochet (only hooks). So there is knit fabrics that can look kind of like crochet, but aren't actually crochet.
www.crochetconcupiscence.com/2011/06/is-there-such-a-thing-as-a-crochet-machine/
So cool!!
i agree, this is great info...thanks for explaining it:)
So interesting! I have always wondered about this, and as a knitter/crocheter that makes sense.
Thank you Chae!
I knew this only in the sense of when looking for ethical products. If you can find a crocheted piece of clothing, furniture or decor (usually a lacy type thing) in a store selling new things, it should be priced as if it were handmade, if not custom-made. The work can only be done by people sitting there, working for hours, or having spent a lot of time and effort getting skilled enough for it to go faster.
Knitter Knowledge time! I am also a spinner .... cashmere is from a goat (not a sheep), angora is also a type of goat but their fiber is called mohair. Angora by that name in textiles is usually from angora rabbits. A breed of sheep many people have heard of is merino - they’re very popular for clothing since the wool is extremely fine and springy. Paco vicuña is a camelid (like alpacas, llamas, and camels) and how their fleece is harvested is very interesting, they’re not domesticated and the fiber is very difficult to collect. The same goes for musk oxen, whose fiber is qiviut which is even more dreamy than vicuña 🤓
Wow!! Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed it.
Sarah M
That gave me the funniest visual of a bunch of hapless farmers stalking a vicuña with electric scissors in hand.
Although I guess, it’s actually probably more a collecting shedded fibers operation, right?
Sarah M
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Sarah! If things have not changed, in textiles class I learned the Vicuña must be killed to obtain their wool - is this your understanding as well? Hate to think of them being hunted for this. 😕
I had never heard of the vicuna's having to be killed for their wool! I know in the US (and I assume elsewhere) there are alpaca/vicuna hybrid breeds that are domesticated and apparently like wild vicuna their wool can only be "harvested" every two years or so. The Wikipedia (not the best I know) page for vicuna seems to imply that the governments where the vicuna live wild do have them under protected status and have regulations in place to approve only sanctioned sheared vicuna wool allowed to be sold. It sounds like they do have trouble with illegal poaching however, which is just super unfortunate en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicu%C3%B1a
Just an interesting anecdote, my mother is a spinner and fiber artist as well. We lived next to an American Bison pasture (we had a rich neighborhood behind us and a golf course, long story) she would harvest shed bison fur from the fenceposts in the spring. Never was a worse fiber for clothing, but it makes the warmest blankets. Also discovered baby bison are about the cutest things that ever existed, and that bison are for the most part, pretty friendly.
Rayon: I look at it as a "natural" fabric too. It's coming from a natural source, it just needs a bit more help to get to the fibre stage.
I wish every self-proclaimed fashion channel would watch this video. (or read a book, just anything). So many channels who say that making fashion-centric content is their JOB do not know even the basics of textiles. They don't know a knit from a woven, they don't know a print from a woven-in pattern, they don't know the correct names of ANYthing. I have almost never seen a fashion haul where they actually look at the tag and say what it's made out of. Occasionally they guess, like they will say "this feels like a cotton quality" instead of actually looking at the tag and giving the percentages. (and they incorrectly use the vague term "quality" to refer to fiber content, when quality is actually a whole bunch of different factors including fabric, hardware, fit, construction, finishing, etc etc. ) I don't expect an average person on the street to know about textiles but if anyone is going to call themself a fashion channel and it's their main source of income, then for heavens sake, learn something about the subject and then pass that knowledge along to the viewers. We have the blind leading the blind out here.
Yeah it frustrates me so much. A common error seams to be labeling satin as if it were a fiber type e.g. cotton, polyester, satin, rayon.
@@growley333 They use satin as a synonym for silk. As I am sure you know, Silk is a fiber (the raw material) and satin is a weave. Kind of like silk is an apple and satin is a pie. Pies can be made of many things, not just apples, and apples can be made into many things, not just pies. It is the same with silk and satin. Silk can be woven into satin, but all silk is not satin and all satin is not silk. And to an average non-fashion person I totally get this might seem like trivial semantics or splitting hairs, but for someone who calls fashion their career, they should learn this stuff. And then the youtuber could educate the rest of their viewers but they would have to learn something themselves first.
Yes I have seen it used in that context but I'm sure I came across 1 case where they included silk in the list too as well as satin. That really was next level ??? As if satin is a fiber type. I already knew these fabric turns and meanings as a casual sewist, but it was really driven home when I did a load of research into different weave types and looms for my engineering job of all things! I hold the view that fabric clothing design and making is just another form of engineering really. You just get to be a bit more expressive and decorative in dress design but it is all just as creative in my eyes. I love the way TheClosetHistorian describes things.
Great info, thanks for pointing out that many cloths in mid cent. were hand made. This is so true. Also cloths were changed many times during the day, there were house dresses, wore during housework, never out. There were school cloths that were changed into play cloths after school.and if you went shopping you would change from play cloths into a day dress or top and skirt, You had 1 or 2 church outfits each season. Most familys had 1 or 2 formals. A long and short version mostly. A black dress or suit for funerals. Thats one big thing ive noticed that rarely happens now. The items of cloths that were saved for each occasion diring the day or week. And the ammount of changing outfits during the day.
I never knew I had a fabric knowledge shaped hole in my life, but I did. Thanks for filling the void!
Thank you!
Great video! Currently I’m in a college textiles class. I was trying to procrastinate studying for my final by watching YT... instead I got an awesome review
Thank you! I'm happy to help ha!
That is why I like the idea of upcycle fabric projects so much
Thank you so much for this video!! I've been sewing for years and I still love learning about it. I have mostly sewn with cottons for quilting and doll cloths for neighbor kids but I have recently gotten interested in vintage styles and found there was so much more out there and it can get confusing. I really enjoy your videos and especially love it when you do get "nerdy". Please keep them coming!!
Thank you Helen!
Such an interesting video! Thanks Bianca!
There's no ethical animal issues with wool as long as there's no mulesing (or if they're given adequate pain relief, but I do prefer to just avoid mulesing all together). Sheep have to be shorn, otherwise they could die. Humans have, over time, bred them to be like this, but that's where we are right now.
Cotton and linen are so so much better than any synthetic; even if it takes roughly the same amount of resources to make a cotton shirt and a polyester shirt, the cotton shirt will eventually biodegrade. The polyester will not. Plastic literally never biodegrades, it just gets smaller and turns into what are called microplastics, which unfortunately pollute our water.
I also wonder what sort of vintage we're going to leave behind for future generations if everything we buy is fast fashion made of plastic? it will probably all end up in landfill because we get bored of it so quickly. Unless we switch to sewing in great numbers or grow huge bank accounts so we can buy designer gorgeousness made of silk and cotton?
Thank you Kate! I am no fan of poly it's true, but I was trying my best to tone down my strong poly bias and remain sorta balanced ;)
"Sheep have to be shorn, otherwise they could die?" Really? I raised sheep for 10 years in 4-H (including some breeding stock so kept them year around) and that just doesn't seem right to me. Wild sheep do shed their heavier winter coats. Is there that much of a difference between domesticated and wild sheep?
There are several sheep species that are primarily raised for meat or dairy. Some of these are “hair sheep” and never grow wool and some are “wool sheep” which are able to shed naturally: Icelandic, Wiltshire Horn, California Red, and Dorper. (Not guaranteed to be an extensive list)
Jacquard evolved from a weaver returning drunk to the mill and seeing the pattern in his inebriated state - so the story goes! My textile lecturer told us how to remember which way the threads ran was the weft runs from weft to right on the selvidge lol. Love the intelligent manner you treated you followers in this video. ❤👍🇭🇲
Oh I'm so gonna get nerdy on fabrics now..! I love the fact that IT and sewing have a common history, since Ada Lovelace (praised be the girl) the first programmer ever (yep) got the idea of the first Babbage algorithm whilst looking at a loom.
Great information! This is the kind of knowledge that turns us into more savvy buyers, collectors and seamstresses. More please!
Thank you Sherry!
Fantastic video, very informative! Would like to see one on different types of woven fabrics as you mentioned.
Thank you Karen!
This is fantastic, I would love more of these kinds of videos.
Thank you!
This was super interesting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us. I sure love that you show the Montgomery Ward catalogue. I remember shopping at Montgomery Wards in the 1960s and the 1970s. 💜💛
Thank you Brenda! I loooove old Wards catalogs, I collect them, but I am on a break from doing so until I get all of the ones I already have scanned and online to share :)
I just happened upon this video this evening and was so happy I did! Your explanations of the fibers and the fabrics they turn into was one of the best explanations I've heard/read. I have a soft spot in my heart for Montgomery Wards. They opened a huge store in downtown Chicago which is where I live. My Mother used to take me there for shopping. It was always a fun place to be, hiding behind the racks of dresses and skirts and my Mother trying to find me. In Chicago, it was routinely called Monkey Wards as a nickname. It was a sad day when the flagship store closed down, the catalogue went away and then one by one the stores closed. I always bought my summer shorts there until the mid 80s when they finally closed all of the stores. So hang onto those catalogues!!! They are special. Thanks again for this video!!
Yes, I grew up with it being called Monkey Wards also.
This is excellent. You don't have to prove yourself, you sound very much like you know what you're talking about. Very cool to hear you do science on this... Love your style!
Why in the world would anyone object to wool, except for its somewhat scratchy feel? Shearing a sheep for wool is not hurting or damaging the sheep. It’s a haircut and nothing more. Super, super tutorial. Thank you very much for all this good information!
I think part of it comes from lack of knowledge about the process and a lack of exposure to good quality fabrics. If I mention "tropical weight wool", it would be interesting to find out how many folks would even know what I am talking about.
I think it's probably more the issues that come along with factory level farming/huge/bad farms that can happen out there that people are opposed to, as I hope most people know wool comes from shearing sheep not skinning them eek!
TheClosetHistorian unfortunately, I’ve met a few (city) people who think that wool comes from skinning sheep. And this is in Australia, and I’m pretty sure we’re the number one wool producer in the world.
We do skin sheep for sheepskin products though- like Ugg boots. Maybe that’s why they get confused?
Yea a hair cut that takes 60 secs or less, that leaves u bleeding and bruised afterwards. Just a haircut they say. If u have never seen a shearing operation in full and I don’t mean one sheep being sheared then u don’t know. I’ve grown up around shearing sheds and the animals aren’t treated well. Personally I don’t wear wool because of it. Makes me nauseous thinking about it
@@ashk5400 they’re not supposed to be left bleeding and bruised. Even if you’re not concerned for the sheep why would you want blood on your wool?
I just went and checked my favorite blouse to see the fiber content. Sure enough, rayon. It is the softest, silkiest, most lovely lightweight shirt in a beautiful mustard color with floral print. I want 10,000 of these shirts with variations.
This was SO helpful because working retail I've learned A LOT as far as what a garment is made out of and woven vs. Knits but this definitely fills in the holes. And I feel like it really helped in starting my own sewing journey!
Thank you for another great video and keep your geek streak on, your viewers appreciate it! . I agree about the point you made that sewing clothes using vintage patterns is authentic vintage (but thanks to the internet and modern sewing machines which make finding all the patterns and sewing all the fabrics so much easier). You're right too , viscose and rayon are more natural because they come from plants and they let the skin breathe. It also blends well with other natural fibres. I hope people will get the message about polyester , it's not a nice fabric to wear for starters. People, have a think when you pick up that polyester dress: do you want to go out wearing a plastic bag? NO! don't do it! it's sweaty, it smells funny and it's bad for the environment!
Thank you! Yeah poly just really isn't even comfortable...I say we switch back to natural based fibers (including my semi synthetic beloved rayon too of course) as a species in general, but fast fashion is fueled on poly!
I am new to sewing so I loved this and really appreciate it, thank you. Also I love nerding out!
This was so helpful in my understanding of fibres and fabrics thank you
Thank you so much for making this video! This is exactly what I needed, now I have a starting point from which I can do more research :D
I've watched this twice and I estimate I'll need to watch this 4 more times in order to really process everything in a way that penetrates BUT I wanted to say thank you! I meant to say this last time but I think it's so cool that you have an Apparel Design degree! Also, since I'm wildly interested in how things work from the inside out, I'd be really interested in the hows and whys of why fabric pills/some pill sooner or worse than others. I've already written a book so I'll stop here by saying you look/your make-up looks stunning in this vid 😍
Thank you Melanie! Basically pilling really does just come down to staple fibers and filament fibers. If a fabric is made of staple (short fibers) some are just going to come loose (like, wiggle out of the twist of the threads or weave of the fabric) and ball up on the surface over time. That is why blends are extra trouble, because the short fibers just escape from the long ones, and why areas of high friction, like where your arms rub your shirt, pill faster than other areas on a garment. Shiny polyester satin and other 100% poly fabrics making full use of their long fibers don't really pill, and silk doesn't much either just because the longer the fibers are the less pilling there is. Also, please enjoy this quote about pilling I just found on wikipedia "The textile industry divides pilling into four stages: fuzz formation, entanglement, growth, and wear-off." Nothing like some technical fuzz formation!
Not sure why but I find all of this fascinating. Thank you for very informative video. I learned a lot.
Learning new things about textiles was really cool and enlightening.
Thank you!
I was happy. I knew most of this, fiber, textiles, wool, ect. You are so knowledgeable. Thanks for the video. I could listen to you all day.
Thank you Brenda!
What a wonderful, informative and interesting video ~ thank you! I’m also going to order the book behind you - 5000 Years of Textiles. I’m certain that the history and photos will be fascinating.
Thank you! That book is still a real textbook though, so it's very information heavy and while it does have photos, it's still on the perhaps the say...drier academic side of things from what I can remember!
Love this video. Note on the “wools”. Angora is plucked from the angora rabbit and cashmere and mohair come from goats.
I hate polyester with a passion. And I do love your brain (and style). Excellent info.
Thank you Lidia!
Thank you for this highly educational video! I already knew everything, but because I'm from Germany and englisch isn't my native language It was great to get a overview of everything to learn the English terms.
And I'm totally like you with rayon. It's a natural fiber for me too because it's like one to wear.
I would love a video about the different types of weaves!
I'll have to do a bit more research and collect some more samples!
I love this video! Thank you so much for sharing all that knowledge!
That video answered a lot of questions for me, and filled in a lot of gaps about what l knew already. Thank you !
And I agree with you , in that I also consider rayon to be a natural fibre.
Thank you Tina!
I love this video. Thank you for doing this. I know that the sewing videos don't do as well, but I really like them.
Thank you Victoria!
Loved watching you get your nerd on! 🤓 Enjoyed this video...Thank you for making it! I learned a lot.
Thank you!
I studied texiles when I learnt fashion design back in the 70's. Your knowledge of fibres and fabrics is great, I had forgotten some of this information. This was really interesting. I will be going to the haberdashery with a different mind set from now on.
Thank you!
Oh my goodness. I know this is from a year ago but I am just thrilled with this video.
Thank you so very much
I got so excited when I saw the title of this video! You pressed my nerd button, big time. I thoroughly enjoyed it, so much information.
I keep telling my husband I want to go to the textile museum in France.
One thing I would like to say about wool, for those that regard harvesting wool as cruel. As someone that was raised on a farm, not shearing them is incredibly cruel and detrimental to the animals.We do them a favor by removing the wool from them, for many reasons.
Thank you, for all the work you do putting together your videos.
Thank you! A textile museum sounds most wonderful!
I raised sheep for 10 years and they always get cut and bleed when they are shorn because they go as fast as possible. Also, wild sheep shed their winter coats. I do wonder if domesticated sheep would as well if they were not shorn. They do rub against fenceposts and trees, which makes some of the wool come off.
This is so great! Very helpful! And that blue eye shadow looks fab on you!
Thank you Chelsey!
Yay! Microscope slides are always fun! 😁
So true! I should have put cross sections too because they are also different and fun for each fiber :)
hi Bianca, I sew my own retro vintage clothing and use patterns. Often there will be suggested fabrics on the pattern which are quite expensive to buy, so I like to find cheaper alternatives with a similar weight and drape, if I can. Love the "nerdy" content :) PS. I don't wear new silk or wool garments any more, for ethical reasons. I will buy thrifted wool or silk though. Also in Australia, what you call muslin we call calico
Absolutely loved this video! i have been sewing for alittle over a year yet, but didnt know most of what you shared. So thanks a million for sharing your knowledge. Definitely make more videos similar to this :)
Thank you Charese! Bets of luck with all of the sewing adventures! :)
Explains why some pieces of clothing are pricier than others. It would be interesting to focus on quality too since so many people purchase fast fashion not realizing what a waste of money that is.
That's part of why I like thrifting, because 20 years ago it seems clothing was still made in nicer fabrics and sewn properly, but now not so much!
I'm old enough to remember clothing 20, even 40 years ago ... and my interest in fabric construction goes back to my childhood.
There was plenty of shoddy clothing made in the past - but it didn't survive. Poor quality fabric can become damaged even in storage, and few people will save garments that were poorly sewn, with hems falling out and torn underarms.
What we see now is well-made old clothing.
My 1980s Nordstrom business suits are still in great shape. The 1970s stuff from Sears and K-Mart that my mom bought me were sent to the landfill decades ago. I owned a lot more Sears clothing than Nordstrom!
I feel so educated now. Thanks for sharing some of your knowledge!
Thank you Trabi!
Thanks for doing this video! Textiles are fascinating and this was really informative.
Thank you Alex!
More!!!! I'd especially be interested in you showing upclose the fabrics and educating on what they are. I sell vintage online and damn sometimes it's so hard to name a fabric
Thank you Scarlet!
I found this hugely informative. Thank you!
Thank you!
Please do more sewing videos! I liked this informative one but I'd also be interested in watching you work on a project
Great video. Thank you for the interesting information.
Thank you Mariana!
I really like this video, I knew some of it but you made it make more sense in my head. With the different materials that are made out of the different fibers and stuff.
Thank you Mariah!
Thanks for this! It's almost like you read my mind, Bianca!
I'm still new to sewing and given the availability of source material I'm learning everything in English and this sometimes means learning things for the first time or anew. After watching your last video I fell in a rabbit hole of rayon challis and other terms like voile, cotton lawn and twill. Would you make a video on different weaves?
Btw, so everyone is happy, I say rayon is semi synthetic 😂
Thank you Stella! I will have to see about making a woven fabrics video sometime in the future!
Please do continue to make videos like this!
Thank you!
This video is really helpful for a beginning sewer like myself. Thank you so much!
My degree is in Fibers so this video makes me very happy 😽
Thank you for sharing all this information. I will probably have to rewatch a few times :) but I'm just getting into sewing so this wonderful!
Thank you!
This is so awesome, thank you, my textile degree was textile crafts so we needed to know about fabrics which I found fascinating, I always look at what fabrics my clothes are made of and avoid polyester and go for natural fibres.
Thank you! I try and avoid poly too, but every once and a while I do fall for something while out thrifting! I try to be good ;)
Thank you for this video! It’s so useful.
Thank you Alexandra!
This was so helpful in my quest to make a 18th century dress. Thank you so much!!
Thank you Brigitta!
Wow, so much detail! Great vid. My understanding is that it is not possible to construct crochet fabrics by machine. All true crochet fabrics are worked by hand. Worth a thought when you see Target and other cheap box store garments that are crochet - they will have been made all by hand so consider how much the person who made it has been paid for their work. So these are not fabrics that can be manufactured commercially.
Thank you Alix! This makes me even more sad about fast fashion, but fast fashion is already sad!
This was fantastic and so informative. I'd really love to see more fabric videos
Thank you Kimbra!
You had me at hello...great look!
Very interesting! More like this please.
Thank you Kathi!
People who are against wool because of ethics go ahead and use synthetics instead…makes no sense to me. My same argument with faux fur. Buy vintage fur instead of more plastic production! Love the video, B.
I raised sheep for 10 years and when they shear them, the number one goal is to go as fast as possible and they ALWAYS nick them. I don't think I've ever seen one not bleeding afterwards.
Great video and easy to understand. I live in Manchester (Cottonpolis as it was known in the mill hey days) UK, if you ever come this way Quarry Bank Mill is worth a visit. It is an old cotton mill/museum with not a so cute history (child labour) but the machinery is all still working and they produce their own fabric. Really interesting place to visit
Super informative! I was always wondering about viscose, I thought it was like a polyester type fabric so I was so confused about how nice it wears.
Thank you! Yeah those rayons are tricky! They're much nicer than any other "synthetic" in my opinion ;)
You do a nice job of explaining this!
21:36 yes please! I’d like something like that. I see this video is four years old, maybe you’ve since made the video on fabrics that you mention, or maybe I’m way too late in asking, but I just found your channel… to which I’m glued ☺️
What a fabulous video - I found it absolutely fascinating! Thank you for explaining a topic I really feel I should have already known about but didn't! 😀
Thank you Lucille!
I’m so not weird but you are seriously captivating.
Well thanks, I do hope to be captivating :)
Very informative video, I liked the series keep them coming.. Thanks😊
Thank you Belinda!
Excellent tutorial. Goggles for the burn tests! Lol
Thank you Mya!
Fantastic video! I learned a lot and I know that this new info will come into good use 😉 Loved the microscopic views of the different fibers! I never would've thought to look at fibers that way- so interesting and beautiful 😍 Please geek/nerd out anytime 😁
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing chica! Xx
Thank you Jo!
I love this video so much... you speak so well and are a great educator! I wonder if one day you could do a video about the history of fasteners... snap, hooks , zippers, etc Thanks for all the fantastic content!
Thank you Bee!
This was really helpful! Now I finally understand why rayon is different from all other synthetics, but not quite natural. I could still use some more information on synthetics and blends. Although I know they aren’t historically authentic, let’s face it a cotton-poly blend looks a lot crisper with a lot less ironing. I get lost with viscose, elastane, etc. and when one might want to use which one, or in what proportion. I’d also like to know about raime. All in all your channel is great. Your outfits look fabulous and I’m not even a huge fan of 40s or 50s style.
Thank you Jane!
i loved listening to this..great info and yes to more like this..tfs:)
Thank you!
9:13 I Jus wanna hug THem!!!!
ALL OF THEMMMM!!!!!!
And yes. I will be nerding out on the links. Thank you...THERE SO FLUFFY!!!!
I know they're so cute and silly looking!! ❤
I don't know if this already exists, but something like a multiplication table where fibers are listed across on the x axis & weaves are listed down on the y axis. I wonder if it would open ideas for combinations of fibers and/or weaves to create a new fabric. Maybe not, maybe this is a very amateur view, but it is what made these concepts really sink into my brain... Thank you so much. I do paper crafts but I've always wanted to learn how to sew & sew the really amazingly perfect things that are found in like Edwardian gowns. I do mix paper craft with weaving. I think I'm going to branch out past the basic basket weave now.
Do give in another video details on chiffon, Jacquard, brocade, satin, tweed, velvet, gabardine- ...also tell us about online stores that make vintage inspired dresses and outfits
Thank so much for this video. It really did make things clearer!
Thank you!
THANK YOU 😍😍😍 I love fabric and sewing and I want you to be nerdy I want to know stuff like that! 😍😍😍😍
Thank you!
I have plowed my way through books on fibre and cloth, so much easier to listen to your summary. I do like using rayon in dresses and tops. The feel and drape always seems natural to me. Didn't know it was made of cellulose, or knew and forgot.
Thank you Marie!
This video is soooooo amazing - helpful, useful and applicable to all aspects of apparel. Your professional knowledge is enhanced by your ability to communicate clearly, and the inset visuals were a delight in their own rite. Thank you for such a thorough presentation.
p.s. - your references to various types of fabrics has piqued my interest - how can we bribe you to create a video on fabric types - comparisons, characteristics, appearance of weave, etc.
Yeah, I'd like a video of the different weaves
Thank you Nancy! I will have to see if I can arrange a woven fabrics video in the future!
Yes I need your wisdom... and skills!
Thank you Kat!
Fabulous video, I really enjoyed this and learned alot! Thank you!
Thank you Johanne!
Very interesting! Love it!
On the use of silkworms. The worms do get steamed, but once they are unwrapped they are then sold as food - so they don't just waste the wee things. I ate one in Beijing, though I had no idea that was what it was when I tried it. I will go for the cliche, and say it had a texture sort of like chicken.
This is good to know!
Loved this video - it answered some of my questions about where you do your research, I had not thought of old catalogs!
P.S. If it might make you feel less “nerdy”, I actually took Textiles in collage, purely as an elective (nothing to do with my philosophy degree program), & I feel I have used that knowledge extensively when choosing carpet, selecting furnishings for my baby’s room, buying linens, & of course sewing! One person’s nerdy is another’s handy info to have stashed in one’s head!!
Thank you Rose! I love old catalogs, but when it comes to research I also just really adore pinterest too, I think absorbing as many images as possible forms a sort of bank in the mind that your brain can draw upon when dating vintage in the wild or putting together outfits for a specific era :) I totally understand taking textiles as an elective. There have been many times over the years when I have wished I had done a business degree and then took fashion classes as electives instead...but as I don't have a time machine I try not to think about that!
TheClosetHistorian there is always grad school! In collage, philosophy was my first love & my major - & after a few years out of undergrad - I knew no one would ever pay me to philosophize. So, I went back & got an MBA focusing in HR (while working full time) & now I work in HR. If I ever won the lottery I would go back to school for apparel design - not because I want to be a designer - I just want that knowledge!
All this to say - it is not too late! ☺️
Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
There's an extra step to going vintage and that's raiding your grandmother's fabric stash :P My grandmother gifted me a treddle singer sewing machine that had been passed down too
WOW! Great video, I learned so much!
Thank you Tamra!
This is cool! Maybe this is going too far but I'd be interested in a general description of the qualities of different sorts of fabrics that were commonly used in 30s, 40s, 50s clothing. Like how you described a crepe as nubbly - we all probably have some personal familiarity with certain fabrics (denim = stiff, strong, no stretch; chiffon = light, transparent, fluffy; taffeta = shiny, makes things "poofy"), but twill? Crepe? Challis? I've heard the words, but that's where I lose the thread, so to speak (HA!).
Thank you! I will have to do more research and collect some more examples/swatches before I can make a weaves video, but I am interested in doing something in the future!
Go to a fabric store and feel the fabric and look at the labels. Growing up, my mom and I would walk through fabric stores and my mom would just be feeling all the fabrics. I guarantee you have some clothing in your home that is twill. Just think of a pair of khaki pants.
The is no shrunk down version of crochet because we haven't invented a way to crochet by machine. Every crochet item you encounter was made by hand by a human.
As a knitting and sewing instructor it's fun to hear a different person describe fibers and fabric structures. I tried the shampoo commercial example to explain the hair in wool with a 12 year old student recently and she had no clue what I was talking about.
Thank you for an interesting video.
Loved this video
Thank you!
Loved the video 🙌
Thank you Nadia!
Yaay this was great info! Thank you
Thank you Jessica!
Love the video. Could you perhaps do one for fabric and especially vintage fabric care? I was recently gifted some vintage lace collars and obviously handwashing is the way to go but I’m almost afraid to even just get them wet. I live in CO as well and as you know it’s a very dry climate and I’m not sure how that ages the fibers over time.