Styles, materials change, but wool vests always remain warm and comfortable. Stores offer many models. You can choose a sleeveless jacket with fur outside, inside and felted. Most of them are lined and have large pockets. Of the variety, a group of vests knitted from woolen threads stands out.
History of vests
If you look at the clothes, the first knightly armor became the prototype of the vest. They were made of metal and covered the back and chest, put on top of soft warm shirts. Hands moved freely, without constraining movements. This advantage of a sleeveless jacket is appreciated even now. It only protects from cold and drafts.
In Europe, men were the first to wear vests under frock coats and tailcoats. Then women began to wear comfortable and practical clothes. Gradually, the sleeveless jacket turned from just comfortable clothes into an indispensable wardrobe item not only for adults, but also for children. Natural wool vests protect from cold and heat, heal, allow the body to breathe freely. They are constantly changing with fashion.
Sheep wool vests
Clothes that keep you warm and protected from the rain are made from whole, processed skins. Vestssheep's wool is sewn with fur inside and, for beauty, is covered with a cloth on top. Long pile does not cause allergies and creates an air gap, maintains optimal body temperature. Lanolin, an animal wax, is naturally antiseptic and excellent in restoring he alth. Sheepskin is applied to the body, to sore joints.
For sleeveless jackets made with fur outside, it is sheared on the machine evenly, creating three-dimensional patterns. For those who are dear, they take astrakhan - the curly skin of a young lamb. The surface of the vest is textured and beautiful. Sheep's wool is well dyed, creating durable tones and even various patterns.
The shorn pile has a scaly surface and is well compacted, forming a non-woven fabric - felt. Thin and soft, it is used to make clothes, jewelry, and hats. Felt boots, various cuffs and gaskets for mechanisms, furniture upholstery and much more are made from dense material. Needlewomen create original decorative products, carpets. Nomadic tribes and shepherds make yurts, blankets for horses, bedding for animals from it.
Fine-wool merinos
Merino sheep were bred at the beginning of the last century. Long and soft wool made it possible to create thin fluffy threads and felt. Fashion designers liked the look of the delicate material and merino wool vests appeared on the catwalk in the best collections of all seasons. Whole pictures are created from fur dyed in different colors, laying out the pile manually.
Camel wool vests
The camel fur is hollowhair that creates an air gap. It retains heat better than others and protects the body from the scorching sun. Sheared wool cannot be dyed and is used only in its natural form. This limits the variety of products.
Camel wool has the highest content of lanolin. The healing properties of this fur were used by the Persian scientist and physician Avicenna in the Middle Ages. The court physician of the Samanid emirs applied the fluff of “ships of the desert” to the sore spots of patients. Nowadays, healers use animal skins to treat bronchitis, asthma, gout, psoriasis and other diseases. They use the property of lanolin to be absorbed into the skin and evaporate at a temperature of 35 degrees when a person sleeps or wears camel fur on his body.
Felting
Belief claims that the first felt was created in Noah's ark. At the time of the flood, the sheep were in a tight fold. Their fur fell down under their feet. The journey was long. When the ship landed and everyone began to get out, they saw a thick carpet on the floor. Since then, felt has been widely used by people.
Felt shoes are made without seams. Special templates are used, on which layers of wool sheared from animals are applied. To create clothes, a similar technology is used or cut out from a single piece of fabric and sewn together. The pile is compacted, knocked down. After obtaining a stable form, they begin to knead, roll.
Vest with own hands
Needlewomen love to sew original clothes for themselves andrelatives. To work with skins, skills, knowledge and special equipment are required, it is easier to learn how to knit a vest from wool. It is not difficult to find a master class for every taste.
Let's look at the basic steps for creating a unique sleeveless jacket. For work you will need:
- table with sturdy lid;
- pattern on tracing paper or other smooth paper;
- shorn animal hair;
- viscose;
- soap spray bottle;
- fine mesh;
- wooden hammer or hand vibrator;
- wool brush.
The pattern of the back and front shelves is made of a material with a glossy surface. Ideally, this is a color film of medium thickness, durable. A dark tone will allow you to see the uniformity of the spread wool. Wool vests dried after felting shrink. All pattern sizes should be increased by 20%.
Felting pattern
To obtain a solid foundation, viscose is laid out as the first layer, in clouds, without direction. It should completely cover the pattern. Next, all the decomposed fibers should be moistened with warm soapy water, most conveniently with a spray bottle. Wool is laid out in two layers with a perpendicular direction. The base is wetted and rubbed. It is more convenient to do grinding through a fine mesh. The next layer is carded. It does not have a specific direction of the fibers. Spread it out in a thin, even layer. Next - the already familiar wetting and grinding.
The back is turned over, on itlay the patterns of the shelves and alternately produce felting in the same order. Particular attention is paid to the sides and shoulders at the joints, since the vest is seamless. The resulting thin felt is removed from the pattern, placed on a towel or cotton fabric and wallowed - rolled and pressed in various directions until a durable fabric is obtained.
In this way, you can make not only an ordinary sleeveless jacket, but also a fashionable wool vest with a hood, mittens, felt boots and many beautiful and unique things. For clothing, use softer merino wool. Shoes are made from sheep wool.
