WOOL:
where to get it already processed for felting & needlefelting
This thrifty New Englander says if you already have wool, make do with that
at first.
Otherwise…
Felting/Needlefelting
Raw fleeces work
very well for traditional wet felting
(which washes them as you go): just tease and lay out. You'll get a rough
organic look.
Tease more carefully and the felt will be smoother.
However, for speed and a more finished product, scoured (washed) and carded
(brushed out smooth) batts (big sheets of fiber) are available from
Jane Deamer at Yolo Wool Mill
41505 County Rd 27, Woodland CA 95776
530.6661473 --- cell 530 3834471
…www.YoloWoolMill.com
Your pick of natural colors and fine or coarseness of fiber, one week turnaround.
Tell her you plan to use the batts for feltmaking-they're also good for needlefelting.
www.KraemerYarns.com
www.QualityFibres.co.uk
www.EuropaWools.com
WOOL For NEEDLEFELTING
Fibers for this technique must be washed beforehand.
You can tease wool yourself, or buy it already carded which is faster and
smoother.
Look for a dry fuzzy fiber, as opposed to shiny and silky.
White wool batting
scraps from an organic bedding factory
already washed and carded
available by the pound and in wholesale amounts from
www.shepherdsdream.com
1.800.966.5540
This wool is easily dyed in small batches with KoolAid
(see my Felting Needle:Further Fantasies
or request instruxions).
Also available from Shepherd's Dream: batting in various bed sizes and thicknesses,
useful for both wet- and needlefelting..
On the East Coast,
find wool in all stages of processing from
www.LibertyRidgeFarm.com
or
They're in Verona, New York, 315.337.7217.
Ask for Doloria, and tell her Vikki's friend Ayala sent you.
The curly locks
for hair and other ornamentations are available from
Robina Koenig
Tumble Creek Farm --62466 Eagle Rd., Bend OR 97701
She raises BlueFaced Leicester sheep, a rare breed with tiny curls--
tell her the size you need.
Or contact Jill Holmes,
and ask after curly locks from her Leicesters,
Molly & Lilly.
She lives in North Carolina. Her sheep have large long curls.