Although there are changes as modern looms replace older ones, a 54 inch wide cloth is more likely to be all wool and the 60 inch and wider more likely to be a blend.

I was sold some fabric as wool but when it arrived and was 60 inches wide I was suspicious and pulled a thread out and put it in bleach - wool dissolves in bleach, man made and cotton etc doesn't. Sure enough after 24 hours there were threads left, so it was a blend.

Well done with the numbers.

The' traditional' width for wool being 54 inches, it would distort things if some weights were calculated from 60 inch cloth.

I have seen a seller who gave the equivalent weight - selling 60 inch and wider cloth but calculating what the weight of a running yarn of 54 inch cloth would be using the same thread and all.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: