Favourite wool for felting/fulling???

Lamb's Pride for "everyday" stuff like slippers and flip-brim hats that look well with that mohair halo effect. Kureyon for resale bags. Cascade fulls quite and is pretty frugal.

Just don't use blinding white as it the bleaching process strips a lot of the scales and reduces or eliminates the wool's ability to full.

On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 13:34:13 -0500, "Noreen's Knit*che" spewed forth :

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Whatever I have in the house at the time that will work. I have tons of White Buffalo unspun that I got CHEAP, so have used that. One of these days I will get some Brown Sheep Lambspride(?), but it's not readily available here in Canada. I made my fab "Constant Companion" bag with some "vintage" wool given away at knitting camp 2004.

I have a fab pattern for the cutest purse/bag that I want to try. It calls for Kureyon and a fun fur. One of the women made it at knitting camp and it was a huge hit. She used Brown Sheep instead of the Kureyon.

While at a YS in Colorado I picked up the FiberTrends felted clogs pattern, so will be trying that out of the White Buffalo one of these days, sooner if it keeps raining (bleah).

Shelagh

Lopi, White Buffalo and Patons Classic wool all felt well, but Classic Wool is by far the best. It produces a tight, even felt and you just cannot see the stitches. We have a number of felted bags in our stores and when laid side by side, the customers usually go for the Classic Wool. Next best is White Buffalo. The Lopi ends up with a fuzzy appearance because of its long fibres, which can be an advantage for some projects. As Wooly said earlier, white's are more difficult to felt because of the bleach.

Roger.

I like Brown Sheep's Nature Spun.

LauraJ

I like lambspride for fuzzy felting. Cascade 220 for smooth felting Noro is great for purses. Coggie

Noreen,

I have done only one felt project. I am not a felt fan. Not meaning I would not try it again.

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

Paton's Classic 100% wool.

Katherine

Hand spun, but I have a lot of it around from years of spinning. What sells best for fulling at my favorite LYS are Cascade 220 and Noro Kureyon.

Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist