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Post by jwugg on Oct 1, 2016 11:50:28 GMT
For those of you who don't subscribe to the monthly WOW co newsletter, they are offering 25% off their coloured Botany Waste product. This is a mixed bag of ends really, often consists of mainly merino, but does have some luxury fibres in too. The drawback is they are not labelled of course.
The last bag I bought had some stunning silk & alpaca/baby camel type mix, it made a super soft, fine scarf, but I can't replicate it because I don't know exactly which fibres they were. Often there's a great mix of colours (some are ends of personal mix orders) which really useful when making pictures, makes me think wider than my preferred colour schemes for scarf combinations etc & those colours I really don't like can go in a middle layer on the thick piece of work. So excellent value in my mind, even better with the discount!
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Post by koffipot on Oct 1, 2016 17:40:01 GMT
Are you trying to lead me astray Jill? I don't think I dare bring in even a teensy bit of fibre just now, it's coming out of the woodwork already. A good offer though.
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Post by zed on Oct 25, 2016 13:11:53 GMT
I took it up The spinners who go down to the shop seem to get all the best stuff. I had some odd coarse stuff, which seemed more like Devon than any of their 'other' non Merino dyed wools. I had that camel/alpaca/silk blend too previously I don't know what some people are thinking though as I also got some natural greys blended with trilobal nylon! They started doing batt waste too recently, that wasn't bad
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Post by tracey on Oct 25, 2016 13:23:09 GMT
I took the offer up too and eagerly emptied the bag on the table.....disappointment I am afraid. A whole chunk of a colour I would not buy, hey ho, it will become a filler, and five other colours that were 'ok'. Also a small chunk of constellation range I think, that was nice. I think even with the offer, make your own custom blends up to your specification. I don't wish to put others off, it is pot luck I guess, you pay your money and take a chance.
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Post by elizabeth on Oct 25, 2016 22:07:14 GMT
I recently got a mixed bag of pencil rovings. Yuck!! It was a lot of a nasty mustard & orange color variations. So yes, it is a gamble. Who knows, I may find the perfect piece to use it.
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 25, 2016 23:11:13 GMT
you can over dye the orange with a red to get better colour. Not sure about mustard, maybe a brown. If I lived near them I would have fun picking things out of the waste bin.
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Post by tracey on Oct 26, 2016 5:58:18 GMT
I am glad I don't live TOO near them (about 50 miles away!), I would have no money left, but I guess I would be very very happy!
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Post by jwugg on Oct 26, 2016 6:19:17 GMT
Sorry to those who were disappointed, I've had several bags of both the coloured & the white & always loved them.
I wondered whether you'd got a bit of superwash in yours, Zed, when you described your book cover the other day. That's my biggest concern, as I don't think I can tell from the fibres & what a way to ruin a project (although Zed, I liked the wavy texture you got).
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Post by zed on Oct 26, 2016 8:27:19 GMT
I'd love mustard and orange pencil rovings! My last lot had natural wool pencil rovings.
I was under the impression they don't put Superwash in because it's all suitable for felting. I'm sure superwash could be used as an embellishment but only if you know what it is.
I'm going to take the soft stuff to the well being centre on Monday and have a play, see if it felts at all on its own, and if so, how.
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Post by MTRuth on Oct 26, 2016 12:50:07 GMT
You can over dye a nice green with the mustard one.
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Post by elizabeth on Oct 26, 2016 17:57:33 GMT
Dho!! I didn't even think about overdyeing them.
Since I'm elbow deep into extracting dyes from leaves & such, can I overdye them with that? Conveniently, I have a procion-dyed scarf that's a little too bright. Can I put it in an iron mordant to tone it down?
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Post by MTRuth on Oct 26, 2016 17:59:44 GMT
You could try over dyeing with natural dyes. Not sure if Procion would react to iron.
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Post by Shepherdess on Oct 26, 2016 22:30:31 GMT
Walnuts would do you a nice brown. You can use the Procion dyes as acid dye. The colour of the wool may tone the colours down enough.
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Post by RovingOne on Feb 8, 2017 23:34:31 GMT
I see World of Wool have an offer on their botany lap waste again.500g for £8 instead of £12. I've not tried it myself but as I'm about to place an order I think I might just be tempted.
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Post by tracey on Feb 9, 2017 6:45:46 GMT
I see World of Wool have an offer on their botany lap waste again.500g for £8 instead of £12. I've not tried it myself but as I'm about to place an order I think I might just be tempted. I am not saying this to put you off but my botany waste was a bag of dull colours, not my choice at all, see previous posts, however another member was happy with hers, luck of the draw! You could do a custom blend to your own choice or as the offer is good, gamble and look forward to the surprise. Love your avatar.
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