12-01-2010, 02:29 PM
the yellowish color is very likely the color of natural wool without having had the lanolin removed. This would make the cloak fairly waterproof, as well as warm.
Since it's a custom spinning job to get people to make wool yarn "in the grease", that is, with lanolin still in, pretty much nobody has that kind of fabric. Then it would also be a custom weave, and I'm not sure that wool in the grease can be woven in automatic looms. So it's a hand weave job, too. The price would be incredible. The wool you've found is as close as I've seen to the natural wool color. I'd go with that and not worry about it. Good find. It's not as thick as real cloak wool, most likely, but we don't have to live outdoors in all weather in our gear: they did.
Since it's a custom spinning job to get people to make wool yarn "in the grease", that is, with lanolin still in, pretty much nobody has that kind of fabric. Then it would also be a custom weave, and I'm not sure that wool in the grease can be woven in automatic looms. So it's a hand weave job, too. The price would be incredible. The wool you've found is as close as I've seen to the natural wool color. I'd go with that and not worry about it. Good find. It's not as thick as real cloak wool, most likely, but we don't have to live outdoors in all weather in our gear: they did.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
