hairy felt and fluffy felt
December 7, 2008 ~ posted by fiona in felt
I made three felted fleece samples yesterday – from Hebridean, alpaca and merino roving.
hebridean fleece felt sample
alpaca fleece felt sample
merino fleece felt sample
The Hebridean fleece is quite hairy, just a little rough and yet soft as well, while the alpaca looks hairy but feels fluffy and silky. However, I think I did something wrong felting the alpaca, maybe rubbed it too hard too soon, it’s not very well felted after a lot of work, and doesn’t look anything like other alpaca felt I’ve seen on the web. More experiments obviously needed.
I think it would be interesting to dye the Hebridean fleece, could it give a rich deep colour with a hint of brightness wherever the white fibres take up the dye?
And the merino – I didn’t really need to make a sample of that, just an excuse to play with the colours!
The merino sample looks lovely.
joanna :: December 8, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
It might be your alpaca which gave you the hairy result. While we were on the IFA stand at Woolfest an alpaca owner asked us to do a sample piece of felt with her alpaca. The alpaca felted well but was quite hairy.
Fiona (Fi@84) :: December 10, 2008 @ 11:28 am