Fiber Test

An easy test to figure out if your yarn is animal, plant or synthetic, pour a small amount of bleach in a small bowl or custard cup. Place a length of your yarn into the bleach. It will either:

· bubble and dissolve which means it is an animal fiber and will felt
· the color starts to bleach out but the fiber does not dissolve, it’s a plant fiber like cotton
· the yarn floats in the bleach and doesn’t change, it is an acrylic yarn
· the yarn bubbles but doesn’t disappear, it is probably a wool-acrylic blend