Lincoln, Soy, Bamboo and Knitting
This is the back of a piece of felt I made from Lincoln wool tops:
I love the way the characteristics of the different breeds reappear with felting, when they’re not very evident from the wool tops. And you get such gorgeous edges with the curly breeds. On the front, I used a blend of Soy top and black bamboo tops. I just blended the tops by hand and laid them on the top:
The shape, texture and colours reminded me of finding oyster shells on the beach. This is the bottom left corner:
This is a close up of the texture:
And a close up of the back:
I still haven’t had chance to even look at the wool I ordered from Wollknoll because I’ve had builders in … for fibre addicts in the UK who don’t already know, the Euro is really low against the Pound at the moment (about 73p to €1) so have a look at their site, 100g of wool is starting around 72p… don’t be alarmed at their prices though, they’re usually given per kilo! I did manage to sneak a ball of rainbow Merino out of the box though and do a little bit of spinning, I also used the tufts I’d used for my colour wheel a while ago. I left it on the spindle for a couple of days then knitted a square from it:
Here’s a close up
And because I love them, a supermacro:
I’m not convinced I’m casting off properly though, all my squares look like they’re one stitch too short!