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loral56
Chatty Knitter
USA
314 Posts |
 Posted - 11/16/2005 : 5:54:06 PM
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Does Wool 90%/Nylon 10% felt? If anyone has used wool with nylon, how well did it work, what did you make? I would like to use it to make felted slippers, hats and/or gloves.
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Lissa
Permanent Resident
USA
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Posted - 11/16/2005 : 8:08:03 PM
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Only way to know for sure is to felt a swatch...
Lissa
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary act. -- George Orwell
Oh, and I now have a blog:http://knittnlissa.typepad.com/knittnlissa/ |
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RoseM
Permanent Resident
Canada
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Posted - 11/16/2005 : 11:23:30 PM
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I have used 85% wool/15% polyester (Naturally Tussok) and it felted beautifully. Don't know if the nylon reacts the same as polyester, though.
And Lissa's advice is great -- had I felted a swatch of Istex Lopi the first time I used that yarn, I would have known that I hated the fabric it made and wouldn't have wasted the time and yarn on 2 bags (that I knit at the same time)[**]. From now on, any yarn that I'm using for the first time in a felting project gets swatched.
RoseM
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beejayeles
Chatty Knitter
USA
238 Posts |
Posted - 11/17/2005 : 2:26:11 PM
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i felted a beautiful bag with berocco medley which is 85% wool and 15% nylon and it felted up great
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Lissa
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USA
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Posted - 11/17/2005 : 3:06:08 PM
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Not every wool felts the same. You'd need to test-felt even a 100% wool swatch to see how it felts.
Lissa
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a
revolutionary act. -- George Orwell
Oh, and I now have a blog:http://knittnlissa.typepad.com/knittnlissa/ |
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