2 oz Holly Berry Red Jacob-Coopworth Wool Batts

Description

This wool is great for needle felters! There are 2 ounces of holly berry red Jacob-Coopworth 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:
This is an interesting fleece. It's a medium fiber with a long staple that has little crimp. The Jacob contributes a lot of grey fibers to the fleece, which lends a shading effect to any color that's dyed on top of it. This wool felts up very 'hairy' at first with a lot of halo, but as you keep felting it down it becomes a very solid surface and the halo is minimal. I like it for covering larger areas of a figure, where you may not need to do a lot of detail work but you want a good solid surface that won't squish or give.

About this color:
Because of the grey fibers in this otherwise white fleece, colors are unique on it. I dyed my usual recipes on this wool and got some unexpected results. That means these are OOAK colors, once they're gone I can't make them again. This one is a dark but bright red, similar to my regular holly berry red color.

Added on Nov 01, 2009

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