BUYING WOOLS FOR NEEDLE FELTING, ETC

[josiebrat]

I have been looking at the World of Wool website, and all the different types of wool. I want to buy some of the corriedale wool, but also have questions about some being offered. What is scoured corriedale lambswool, and scoured corriedale fleecewool? What is it used for? Does anyone know the difference between Scoured Corriedale lambswool, Corriedale fleecewool. Does anyone have a preferred resource for this type fiber? I'm playing a lot with needle felting with my fifth graders now so looking for the best options for making animals. I have also found some core wool recently online, and purchased this to use on the inside of my needle felt animals so I don't waste the better quality.

Ruth, I have also used your book as a reference to better understand the different breeds of wool/micron and characteristics of each. Would also like to hear from others on the forum about which fibers they use for needle felting. I did look back at some of the older threads about needle felting which has also been helpful. I just love this site!

[Shepherdess]

The lambs wool and fleece wool is washed fleece that has not been carded. It's not all nice and neat in one piece but chunks and globs of fleece just the way it comes out of the wash. Lambs wool is usually softer than reg adult fleece. It's good if you want to card your own but don't want to have to wash it.

I bought some BFL fleece like this so I could pick out the curls. than I carded what was left.

[MTRuth]

Josie, I'm glad you like the forum and that my book was helpful. I have used corriedale from Paradise Fibers before with good results:
www.paradisefibers.com/collections/spinning-fiber/products/ashford-solid-colored-corriedale-sliver

They have a variety of colors and it appears to be on sale at the moment.

[zed]

I've had quite a lot of WoW's different scoured wools, and there's not much difference between a lot of the white ones. Falkland is different, more 'bitty' if that makes sense, I'd probably leave that for felting. Same with the Gotland, Wensleydale and BFL, they all have locks of some sort and once they've been taken out the fleece is still nice and a bit too good for core wool, but would be good for different results/effects on surfaces.