Heavycloth

Heavycloth is a textile of woven wool, typically from suvin wool. Most pure heavycloth finds its use in furnishing or heavy trade or industrial textiles such as saddle blankets, as Icalaran winters are usually mild. However, lighter blends of heavycloth and plaincloth are common for the cold of the Season of Waiting where needed, or when a sturdier cloth is desired.

Properties

Material Characteristics

Unwoven fibers are typically wavy and coarse; basic weaving produces a thick, slightly coarse and fuzzy cloth. Further refinement can be used to make it softer and sleeker. It is usually dull in appearance. Felting/fulling is sometimes used.

Origin & Source

Wool from suvin; Kiva is the largest exporter of raw wool, while Ustraria is the primary exporter of finished cloth and related goods (though Kivans themselves also produce heavycloth for their own extensive use).

Life & Expiration

Thicker cloth is less resistant to wear and tear and is water-repellant to a certain degree. All thicknesses tend to deteriorate faster if left dirty, as they attract microbes and insects that like to feed on the fibers.

History & Usage

Everyday use

Heavycloth is a common base fabric or stuffing in furnishings, as well as serving as a base-cloth for stouter garments such as military apparel or ceremonial robes and linens. Blankets with a heavycloth core or with a heavycloth/plaincloth blend are common. Saddle blankets are nearly always made from heavycloth.

Type

Textile

Color

Undyed/bleached: yellowish ivory

Common State

Woven textile