Recent content by mjcallsr

First, I would love to have some of your sources, not because I'm questioning you, but just to have them in my library. I have to admit, that I am leaning toward a 19th century interpretation. Early fulling was a dangerous occupation and I'd really prefer to avoid some of those complications...

No. two different processes. Generally felting is done with raw wool but you can abuse a knitted or woven article for similar results. Fulling is finishing woolens where, at the extreme, the weave or knit structure disappears. Think nice fulled wool dress or cape versus a cowboy hat.

Thanks for your reply. To clarify, what I'm attempting to do is to understand and maybe recreate fulling soap from pre 17th century with a tighter focus of pre-13th century Europe. For various reasons, I am focusing on a pure tallow soap made with potash. I guess my real question I'm trying...

I am hoping someone can clear some things up for me. To start with, I have never made soap and my knowledge was pretty much limited to what I found in the soap isle. After a week of browsing the internet, I now know a lot less. What I am trying to do is find a good baseline for a fulling...