Pre-shrinking traditional kilt fabric?

[Pleater]

Another factor would be if the original wool is treated to be washable or not.

Treated wool can be washed in a machine, and will not felt, so if all your original yarn is washable then the fabric is too.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Barb T]

I've never done anything to "prep" the tartan. And I agree with Matt - I've never experienced any issues, either.

Well, I take that back. The only time I've had to prep tartan is when the tartan comes badly skewed from the mill (true of some of the F&K tartan in the last couple of years). I learned the hard way that you have to take care of this before you start sewing.

[chasem]

. . .tartan comes badly skewed from the mill (true of some of the F&K tartan in the last couple of years). I learned the hard way that you have to take care of this before you start sewing.

How do you go about fixing that? I've only worked with F&K material once, but for future reference it'd be great to know how to handle that.