2 oz Wedgewood Blue Dorset-Targhee Wool Batts

Description

This wool is great for needle felters! There are 2 ounces of wedgewood blue Dorset-Targhee wool in this lot.

About needle felting:
I'm a needle felter and I love it! Needle felting is a relatively young art; while felting needles have been around since the dawn of the industrial era, they've only been used as a sculpture tool since the 1980's. Thus, needle felters have mostly had to use materials that have long been produced for other purposes.

About my wool:
The fiber industry has for centuries been geared towards spinners mainly, with wet felters getting some consideration. But fiber that is great for spinning and wet felting is often not the best for needle felting. Because needle felting has gained in popularity as more people have discovered it, you'll see most wool for sale these days labeled "Great for needle felting!" which can be misleading. I've tried a lot of different fibers, and I got tired of buying wool that promised to meet my needs and only left me disappointed. Merino, for instance, is extremely popular with spinners for its softness. However, you might spend the rest of your natural life trying to needle felt a larger piece all out of merino. Corriedale is another popular wool, and it does felt faster, but I find that no matter how long I poke at it I'm still left with a 'halo' of stray fibers poking out every which way. So I set out to find breeds of wool that felt up fast with the needle and give a nice, clean surface. I select individual fleeces and then hand wash, hand card, and hand dye them in small lots. I test felt each fleece to get an idea of how it felts with needles.

About this particular fleece:
Dorset is a down breed of wool, and most of the down breeds I find great for needle felting. This wool is springy, usually has a short staple and is medium-fine. It felts rapidly with needles and creates a fairly soft surface with no halo effect. Dorset is one of my most favorite wools, because it is an excellent fiber for needle felting either as a core fiber or as dyed cover wool. This particular Dorset is actually a Dorset crossed with Targhee, but the Dorset seems to be dominant in the wool. It is slightly softer and finer than plain Dorset, but felts up pretty much the same. A very nice fleece.

About this color:
This is a lighter blue that is not very bright, more subdued, just like the famous tableware color. :)
NOTE: I just looked at this color on my other monitor, and it looks very grey, while on my good monitor it's obviously blue. That's the problem with different monitors, I guess! If it looks grey to you, let me just say that it IS actually a definite blue color.

Added on Oct 30, 2009

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