CHOOSING A WOOL FLEECE FOR HANDSPINNING Whether you are a complete novice, or have been spinning for years, there is nothing nicer than opening a new bag of fleece. There is a huge variety of wools to choose...
Understanding needle gauges can often be quite complicated... 'Is there a technical meaning?' people ask, but often recommending needles will depend not only on their technical details and your fibre choice,...
Here are some useful keywords to understand when buying fibres for felting. Staple - The term 'staple' usually refers to the length of the individual fibre, or animal hair. The staple length will determine...
We all know that our wool roving comes from an animal, but what processes does it go through before it gets to me?‘Greasy fleece’ is the term for wool that has just been shorn from the sheep. The next process...
-A GUIDE TO NEEDLE FELTING- These are basic instructions on how to create a small felt ball (which I personally use for making felt jewelry) by using the needle felting (dry felting) technique. It is quite...
Fibre - Merino. We all love it, with it's luxury feel and it wide array of colour choice, but what do we know about it?The Merino is the most economically influential breed of sheep in the world, prized for...
I really enjoyed felting my hand knitted pieces when I first tried it. Here's my tutorial. Firstly create a test piece. I always recommend testing a length of hand knitting before you start with a larger...
Corriedale Fleece in roving form. The Corriedale sheep have a lovely soft, pure white fleece with a great handle for the spinner and produces a very nice soft yarn. This wool is also very suited to wet and dry...
I really enjoy starting a new felting and spinning projects, but like most people find myself overwhelmed with which fibres and colours to work with... after all I have so many in stock to choose from! So to...
Many of us who adore Merino and it's many shades of colour, will stick to Merino throughout most of our projects. In this guide I hope to give you a few ideas on how to extend this, by your use of colour and...