Katia Soft Gratte wool

Wool Katia Soft Gratte is a soft pile ball, it is a yarn made essentially of acrylic fibers, a synthetic material very similar to wool that will maintain a good body temperature for this winter. This model has some small hairs in its twisted thread. Lanas Katia Soft Gratte is a ball of synthetic wool that mixes acrylic fibers with polyamide, a ball that looks like a ball of natural wool. You can create many projects for the colder seasons of the year, such as vests, sweaters, scarves, hats... It is a twisted thread with small hairs that make it soft and pleasant to the touch.

The composition of Katia Soft Gratté wool is

80% acrylic 20% polyamide Acrylic fiber is a synthetic fiber made from acrylonitrile, from which it derives its generic name. Acrylonitrile was first obtained in Germany in 1893. ... Some acrylic fibres are spun dry, with solvents and others are spun wet. In solvent spinning, the polymers are dissolved in a suitable material such as dimethylformamide, extruded in hot air and solidified by evaporation of the solvent. After spinning, the fibres are hot-drawn to three to ten times their original length, crimped, cut and marketed as staple fibres or continuous filament tow. In wet spinning, the polymer is dissolved in a solvent, extruded in a coagulating bath, dried, corrugated and collected as continuous filament tow for use in the volumising process or cut into fibres and packaged. Acrylonitrile is relatively cheap, but solvents are expensive, so spinning is more expensive than for other synthetic fibres This blend of fibres will give you tough, flexible and comfortable clothing and accessories. While acrylic offers a ball very similar to a ball of natural wool, polyamide makes this yarn strong and elastic.

The characteristics of Katia Soft Gratté wool are

Each ball contains 50 grams in weight and 150 meters in length. It can be worked with 3.5 mm knitting needles or with a 3.5 - 4 mm crochet. To make a 10 x 10 cm square with 3.5 mm needles, mount 28 stitches and work 22 turns. To knit a long-sleeved sweater in size 40, you will need about 6 balls. Machine wash up to 30°C in a gentle cycle. Can be ironed at a low temperature. Not suitable for tumble drying. It is available in soft and bright colours.Soft Gratte by Lanas Katia ball of soft hair