To keep your wool and linen wall hanging looking its best, a bit of of care is needed.
Care for your wall hanging
- Shake or gently beat your wall hanging outside occasionally to remove dust.
- Like wool sweaters, wool wall hangings can attract moths in dark. undisturbed places. Regularly shaking the wall hanging helps prevent this.
- Store in a sealed plastic bag if kept in dark places like closets or attics.
Video; how to hang
Iron the background
Transport may cause wrinkles in the linen and flatten the wool. You can iron the linen on an ironing board or lay the wall hanging flat on the ground. For wall hangings with a felt background, ironing the felt can provide a tighter hang. See the video how to iron:
Shape the wool
You can make the wool fluffy again and shape it with your hands. You can shape the outer edge so that the woolen shape becomes nice and round again. .Proceed with care. See the video how to shape the wool:
How to hang the wall hanging
Hanging your wall hanging is simple; place three nails in a row in slightly closer together than the length of your wall hanging. For smaller hangings, two nails will do. Position the wall hanging on top of this row.
For larger wall hangings, position the outer nails as apart as possible to ensure the stick is evenly supported and doesn’t sag. Ensure the nails are driven deep enought into the wall to prevent the wall hanging from pulling away.
Woolen hanger
A woolen hanger without a linen or felt background may lose its round shape during transport. Simply grasp the outsides and gently pull to reshape it as desired. It can be hung on a single nail.
Moths in your woolen art
If you discover moths, moth larvae or moth eggs, you can remove them; they die in extreme cold or extreme heat. You can create extreme heat by steaming the work several times with an iron or steamer. Or extreme cold by placing the work in the freezer for a few days.
Vinegar is also one of the ways to combat moths. The acid in vinegar causes the bugs to die. It is important to mix this 1:1 with water. You can put it in a spray and spray the wool with this.
Halona large wall hanging of wool wallart wool unique and htandmade sustainable. Textileartist Babette Leertouwere