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"What kind of wool should I use for felting?"

Some wools felt better - faster, easier, and harder - than others. It's best to do a test piece before beginning a project to make sure that what you are using is going to work. Following are some of the wools we've found to work well for felting:

Corriedale crossbred wool top
  A lofty, versatile, budget-priced option in your choice of three natural colors:
fi214ab White $12.95/lb 97¢/oz
fi214ab-f Fawn (looks like a tea-dye) $13.95/lb $1.05/oz
fi214ab-b Brown $14.95/lb $1.12/oz

*fi-224  Corriedale Wool Sliver This is a nice wool, one of the best for felting and easy for beginning spinners to use. From Ashford. See fi-314 for dyed colors.
   Natural white $18.90/lb $1.42/oz
    Med gray, silver gray, dark gray $21.50/lb $1.61/oz

*fi-216  Coopworth Wool Sliver $22.50/lb $1.69/oz This lustrous wool offers easy drafting for beginning spinners. Spin it into a medium-soft yarn for garments or use it for felting. Ask for a sample! Natural white, light gray, medium gray, dark gray

Dyed Corriedale-type Wool Sliver fi-314 $23.75/lb $1.78/oz This Easy-to-spin, New Zealand wool comes in rich, pure colors for spinning alone, blending, or felting. It's a nice wool, easy for beginning spinners to use. By Ashford. Moss, Navy, Marigold, Fir, Eggplant, Pumpkin, Teal, Lilac, Nutmeg, Sky blue, Rose, Berry, Periwinkle, Black, Smoke, Copper, Camel, Lima bean, Chocolate, Blue, Green, Magenta, Orange, Purple, Turquoise, Yellow, Red, Candy, Indigo, Lagoon, Lime, Lavender, Lemon, Pansy, Raspberry, Tangerine Prepackaged color variety packs: 1-lb dyed Corriedale Color Pack   $25.95 includes a random mix of approx 24 colors (pictured) 2-oz dyed Corriedale Color Pack   $9.95 1/10-oz each of 20 colors 1-lb Color Packs also available in dyed Merino top $29.50

fi-320 Colonial Multi-color Wool Top $22.95/lb $1.72/oz Dyed Corriedale-type wools have been combed into multi-color tops. The color names are simple; the resulting yarns are spectacular! Navy, blue, red, teal, green, dark green, burgundy, purple, tan

fi-320s Colonial Solid-color Wool Top $21.50/lb $1.61/oz  These rich, dyed colors are perfect for felting as well as spinning. Corriedale-type wool. Raspberry, red, maroon, bluebell, blue, navy, slate, yellow, apple green, gold, tartan, turquoise, sienna, saddle brown, black, koala, emerald, deep sea, purple, shale   discontinued; available until gone in 1# Variety Packs.

fi-220w Colonial Natural white Wool Top $18.50/lb $1.39/oz  This is a lovely, soft, versative Corriedale-type wool. If you're using the dyed Colonials for felting, you might want to use the same wool for your white. Also a nice wool to spin alone or blended with other fibers.

fi-307 Harrisville Designs 8-oz variety pack $16.50 Ten to fifteen of Harrisville's dyed carded wool, solids & heathers, tucked into a bag and ready for your felting creativity! Heathered colors.

*fi-316 Merino Solid-color Dyed Wool Top $27.00/lb $2.03/oz Soft, silky, beautiful colors. Excellent for felting as well as spinning. Brown, Red, Black, Pewter, Purple, Peach, Horizon, Turquoise Green, Olive, Buff, Pumpkin, Tartan Green, Blue, Sky, Plum, Midnight Blue, Pink, Khaki, Yellow, Garden Ivy, Pine, Teal, Lavender, Salmon, Rosewood, Maroon, Navy, Coral, Begonia, Ice Blue, Dusty Green, Gold, Camel, Mallard, Burnt Orange, Violet, Mocha, Ruby, Lime, Peacock, Fuchsia, Kelly, Cider, Vanilla, Papaya, Spice, Cinnabar, Mauve. Mint, Bottle, Dijon, Nutmeg, Lilac, Aqua, Mist, Steele
1-lb Multicolor Variety Pack, solid dyed colors $27.00  Colors will vary from pack to pack.

fi-322 Merino Multicolor Wool Top $28.95/lb $2.17/oz. Dyed Merino wool has been combed into multi-color tops, offering striking color combinations similar to the Superwash Merino and Colonial Wool Tops. Rose Quartz (dusty pink) , Sandlewood (aged gold), Cranberry, Garnet (purpley eggplant), Pinedale (shades of tealy blues/greens with touches of rose), Mohave, Sapphire (soft lavender/blue), English Garden (greens,blues), Endicott (fuscias & turquoises), Baltic, Laurel, Sage, Denim, Midnight, Forest, Twilight, Sunset, Amethyst
New Spring colors: Thistle, Primrose, Snap Dragon, Daffodil, Cassis, Hollyberry
Go to ashlandbay.com to see color samples of their complete line. Detta's is happy to special order if you see something we don't have listed.

fi213 Mill End Fibers $10.98/lb Projects don't have to cost a lot if you're flexible in your planning. Our assortment varies, but it's all nice stuff. Wool, mohair, blends, white, colors. You'll have to call and ask what is available. Better yet, stop and dig thru the box yourself! Sold as packaged, from a few ounces to a few pounds.   Beast roving is no longer available.

Wool prices include shipping if you are ordering more than $80. If you are getting less than $80 of wool and yarn combined, please add $4.00 for mailing.

Use the per pound price if you are ordering 1-lb or more of that fiber. If you want less than a pound, use the per ounce price.

Icelandic Felting Batts are available directly from our friends at Misty Meadow Icelandics.
www.mistymeadowicelandics.com   Judy McDowell  952-472-0883  mistymeadowicelandics@yahoo.com