Fulling/felting quick question

I have had great success with the lopi style yarns like Patons UpCountry. The low twist and soft wooly texture is nice to work with and gives a wonderful dense finish.There are many sources for lopi, you may try Texere Yarns in UK (google their name) I have found lopi style yarns in various shops as well.

here is a url that has a good photo of UpCountry.

felting is soooo fun!

HTH Jean

I had some wool 'in-stash' that took forever to felt, and when it did, i= t =

got hairy, I had to shave the purse I made with it! :( Noreen

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Noreen did you get the e-mail ,I sent to you alittle while ago.

Stella

I had some wool 'in-stash' that took forever to felt, and when it did, it got hairy, I had to shave the purse I made with it! :( Noreen

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JUST got it, Stella, and was in preparation to answer! Noreen

Noreen,

I have always liked Brown Sheep's yarns for this. I've used both the Nature's Pride and Lamb's Wool (both worsted, obviously!). The only other yarn I've fulled is Lopi and that took muuuuuuch longer (mittens though, so size could have had something to do with it) and came out much hairier. I still do shave my Brown Sheep items though, because I like the look better that way.

Whatcha makin?

LauraJ

I know that some wools full/felt better than others..... besides Cascade, which brands are 'quick' and non-hairy felters? Gawd, that looks like a very badly worded query! Noreen

Thinking ahead to next Christmas, felted clogs and some felted purses/bags..... And, thanks for the heads-up on BrownSheep! Noreen

I've had good luck with Lion's Brand Fisherman's wool. I've dyed it, knit it, then felted. Always with great, unfuzzy results!

JJMolvik

I know that some wools full/felt better than others..... besides Cascade, which brands are 'quick' and non-hairy felters? Gawd, that looks like a very badly worded query! Noreen

Els

Jean and Noreen, my experience with Lopi Icelandic yarn, has not been great. It does not full/felt very well at all.

Els

Paton's Classic Wool.

Higs, Katherine

Ever so good to know because I really like the look of Lion's Brand Fisherman's when it is knitted tight, and have started some projects. I guess I should play with the swatches a bit more. LOL

Aaron

white buffalo that new bernet merino stuff lb fisherman's wool

aracaunia nature wool, kp wool of the andes, elann highland wool

lamb's pride gets fuzzy :)

one-handed wooly

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 12:57:29 -0800, "JJMolvik" spewed forth :

Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

My gawd, she came in one-handed to reply.... WAVING, HI, WOOLY! Noreen

Thanks, JJ! Long time no see. Noreen

Wooly I have worked with the white buffalo stuff and it works very well, it dyes well also, and fulls like a charm.

Els

Wooly did you have your operation already, and then sat behind the computer.....Hey slow down kiddo, you do want it to heal properly. Just read us for a while, we will be here when you can type again

Els

On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:23:44 GMT, snipped-for-privacy@telus.net (Els van Dam) spewed forth :

Surgery this morning, once I got past the Percocet pukes and woke up I was OK :) Just can't type very fast, or knit. I'll be able to spin long-draw tho!

Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET. This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%. Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

LOL, you spin it, I'll knit it! SUCH a good deal, lol! Noreen who hopes you're done barfing!

Semi-good news, Wooly. I hope that your recovery goes swimmingly.

Higs, Katherine