Arts in Education Vocabulary

Fleece -	Wool shorn from a sheep or goat.
Skirt -	To pull off and discard all the poor or dirty wool from a fleece.
Scour -	To soak a fleece clean in hot, soapy water.
Card -	To comb the wool fibers to align and knock out dirt
Drum Carder -	The machine which cards wool into batts.
Batt -	A large, even flake of combed wool, for felting, spinning or quilting.
Hand Cards -	Hand held steeled toothed combs for wool.
Rolag -	A jelly rolled "tube" of wool formed by hand cards for spinning or felting.
Flick Carder -	Small brush used to open the end of a lock of wool.
Lock -	A piece of wool as it was shorn from the animal; characterized by a blunt cut, open end and a closed, sometimes curly tip.
Felt -	(noun) fabric made by applying heat, moisture and sometimes pressure to wool. (verb) to apply moisture and heat and pressure to wool in order to mesh and fuse its fibers into a solid fabric.
Full -	(verb) To roll or rub felted wool in order to make it thicken and strengthen.
Asiatic Method -	Rolling felt to full it.
Scandinavian Method -	Rubbing felt with a wooden tool, hands or on a washboard to full it.
Nuno Felt -	Japanese technique of fusing wool to silk or other open weave fabric to increase drape and lighten felt fabric.