Super fine merino Pre Felt

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Hello Everyone,

I am interesting in buying some  "Super Fine Merino PreFelt"  in Snow White and in some different colors too.. My question is what is the difference between 19.5 and the other weights offered.   I would like to make a pure white purse and use some color prefelt  for the front of it... What weight would you suggest for making a purse? If you use pre-felt would you need to use gauge in between the layers.

 Also where does one buy pre felt here In the USA?  

Thanks for all your suggestions..

[Pandagirl]

Super fine is nice for finishing. If you're making a purse you can use merino prefelt, but personally I'd use something coarser in between layers. Also, if you use prefelt you should use gauze between at least one layer to reinforce it an keep it from stretching. I would probably use at least three to four layers with gauze in middle to make a sturdy purse. Here in the U.S. You can buy prefelt at Outback Fibers, New England Felting and Opulent. Dreamspin fibers in Canada carries a nice weight prefelt..Those are four off the top of my head.

Also, I have never seen a true white roving or prefelt. If you find some, I'd like to know where.

Good luck.

[Shepherdess]

If you want to make sure it the colour you want you could maybe get some small squares. Many places sell 12x12 squares. Then you can see the weight and the colour. I like hers because it is thick enough to split and it splits nicely.
Marilyn if you full them well it is quite sturdy. The one I made my mom last spring has her travel knitting in it and it hasn't stretched. My moms is 2 layers form dreamspin very much like the one I just did on the blog.

[Pandagirl]

Ann, I could see the prefelt from Dreamspin would work it's double the thickness of other prefelts. I guess I didn't want to take a chance and used the cheesecloth. I'll have to try that.thanks for the heads up.

[Shepherdess]

Yes hers is really good and when you want something thinner you can split it easily. It is nice to be able to split the overlaps and not have that double think seam. Some places sell both thin and think. the thin stuff is really thin and you need to more than double it. I found that patterns made with it really sank in to the back ground. and when I doubled it up to make a pattern I had a lot more trouble with the layers shifting while I was felting.