What fibres give the best felting results?
Merino 64’s Wool Tops give you the quickest, finest and smoothest results, and are particularly good for making fine but dense felts. They can also be used for combining with other fibres, e.g. silk, flax, ramie, etc. which will not felt on their own, but which when used with Merino will tangle in together to make a firm fabric. ‘Gotland’ and ‘Falkland’ wools are also good felters. For my type of work I use Merino, and only use other types e.g. ‘Wensleydale’,’ Leicester Longwool’ and ‘Blue-faced Leicester’ for their decorative qualities as fringing. If you use odds and ends and roving from the fields, you will never produce anything of quality, and it will take you ages, producing very crude results!
