The laundry isn’t piling up fast enough any more! I walk around the house wondering ‘what else can I wash in hot water?’ That’s because I’m trying out some different yarns for felting, and my favorite lazy way of felting is to throw the items in the hot-water wash.
Caron International’s ‘Felt-It’ comes in six multi-color mixes. Here’s color number 0003—Wildflowers. From left to right, we have a freshly-crocheted flower; the next flower has been through the wash cycle once; the rightmost flower has been washed twice. ‘Felt-It’ felts beautifully!
Many knitters really like Cascade Yarn Company’s ‘Cascade 220’ for felting, and I can understand why. It looks great when felted, and in comes in many, many colors. The yellow flowers at right show ‘Cascade 220’ before and after felting.
The multicolor yarn flower is ‘Quartette’ from Jojoland International. It is a blend of merino and cashmere. Very nice! Jojoland sells entire bags from their web site, so you might prefer to find out where they will be setting up a booth, so you can buy one ball of yarn at a time.
I love how the popcorns in the flower center became even more defined after felting, which is not what I expected.