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AriRashkae

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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 12:56 pm


	Reccomended inexpensive (but not poor quality) yarns/shops for felting? My best option right now looks lie Lion Brand wool at A. C. Moore. which is cool because they have colors I like. mrgreen

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:30 pm


	I'm a big fan of Cascade 220. While the price per ball is higher (you can find it really cheap at Webs) you get more yardage than Lion wool, so it's overall a great deal. And they have sooo many colors available it just makes you alll happy with the possibilities. Be careful though, don't accidentally get the Cascade 220 Superwash - it won't felt. I've used it before and I've found that single-stranded it felts to about 70% its original size (but that will vary depending on your gauge). Happy Knitting!

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YourAzureGoddess

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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 7:48 pm


	Plymouth Galway works pretty darn well.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:16 am


	Thanks guys! I'm actually going to Webs tomorrow, to get my interchangables. And whore through the discount. heart We have a new phrase in our house: Yarn porn. whee EDIT: And Cascade is on sale for the same price ACMoore has for Lion. heart heart heart And at half again as much yarn per skein, I only need 4 or 5 for a needle quiver. Although I'm tempted to splurge on Eco plus. sweatdrop

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YourAzureGoddess

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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:15 am


	Mmm, Yarn porns chuckles I actually have a stack of felted hats out of different yarns. Leme see if I can get pics of them up; that can help since you can see what the finished felting looks like (or could look like. irritatingly enough every skein felts differently -.- )

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:18 am


	Also, knitpicks.com has a good variety of felting wools. Their Wool of the Andes is supposed to felt really well - sometimes even on purpose rolleyes

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AriRashkae

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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:35 pm

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:33 am


	I think KnitPicks is my new dealer. I may still have to go to A.C. Moore to get the striping Lion Wool, since the others are all solid, but oh well. cool

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Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:12 am


	By the way, the KnitPicks Wool of the Andes is the only one I've heard about from them that is supposed to be of middling quality. All their other stuff is good smile I've used their laceweights in the past and really liked them.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:21 am

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