What’s on the Ironing poster
A 5-row table: Setting · Temp · Fibres.
The dots on a care label correspond to these.
- 1 dot — Up to 110°C — Acrylic, nylon, elastane
- 2 dots — Up to 150°C — Wool, polyester, silk
- 3 dots — Up to 200°C — Cotton, linen
- No steam — — — Silk, some synthetics
- Do not iron — — — Crossed-out symbol
Iron dark fabrics and silk on the reverse side. Direct heat on the face causes shine that cannot be removed.
Questions about the Ironing poster
- What’s on the Ironing poster?
- A 5-row table: Setting · Temp · Fibres. The dots on a care label correspond to these. 1 dot — Up to 110°C — Acrylic, nylon, elastane; 2 dots — Up to 150°C — Wool, polyester, silk; 3 dots — Up to 200°C — Cotton, linen; No steam — — — Silk, some synthetics; Do not iron — — — Crossed-out symbol. Iron dark fabrics and silk on the reverse side. Direct heat on the face causes shine that cannot be removed.
- Who is the Ironing poster for?
- Ironing belongs to the Practical skills section rather than to a school year, because life skills is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning textiles can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Ironing poster?
- Start cool and work up. Cooling an iron takes far longer than heating one. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Ironing belongs on the wall where that life skills work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Ironing?
- Making Clothes Last, Fabrics and Hand Stitches sit alongside Ironing in the Practical skills section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Making Clothes LastFabricsHand Stitches
- Is the Ironing poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Ironing downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Practical skills section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Ironing poster print at?
- Ironing is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Ironing loses nothing.Printing guide
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