White Buffalo Yarn Questions

I have done up some swatches from the White Buffalo I picked up on Monday,
and have had varying results when felting/fulling them. This White Buffalo
is 6 ply and VERY thick.

On the heather blue yarn, I cut it down to 3 plys (plies?) and knitted up my
swatch.

On the white and the grey mix, I used 6 plys.

The heather blue fulled nicely, the other two, not so much. I'm going to
try the white and grey mix at 3 plys and see if that makes a difference.

I'm sure I read elsewhere on RCTY that white yarn does not full that well
due to the chemicals required to make it white.

Any thoughts?

Shelagh

The bleaching process strips the wool fibers of their scales. No
scales, no fulling. I don't know that I've seen bleached white White
Buffalo.

Also keep in mind that the tighter the gauge the less fulling you'll
see because the fibers need to be able to move against each other.
Then again, knit it too loosely and it won't full adequately either as
the scales will glom up as much as they're going to, before the item
fulls to your taste.

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:43:01 -0500, "Shillelagh"
wrote:

I have done up some swatches from the White Buffalo I picked up on Monday,
and have had varying results when felting/fulling them. This White Buffalo
is 6 ply and VERY thick.

On the heather blue yarn, I cut it down to 3 plys (plies?) and knitted up my
swatch.

On the white and the grey mix, I used 6 plys.

The heather blue fulled nicely, the other two, not so much. I'm going to
try the white and grey mix at 3 plys and see if that makes a difference.

I'm sure I read elsewhere on RCTY that white yarn does not full that well
due to the chemicals required to make it white.

Any thoughts?

Shelagh

"Slinky" wrote in message
...
The bleaching process strips the wool fibers of their scales. No
scales, no fulling. I don't know that I've seen bleached white White
Buffalo.

I don't know if it's bleached, but it's a creamy white - more white than
cream, if you get what I mean. As for gauge, I used size 10 US needles (8
mm) and approx 11 sts over 4", for all 3 swatches.

Thanks for your info - I knew I could count on you (grin)!! I'll keep you
posted as to any progress.

Shelagh

Also keep in mind that the tighter the gauge the less fulling you'll
see because the fibers need to be able to move against each other.
Then again, knit it too loosely and it won't full adequately either as
the scales will glom up as much as they're going to, before the item
fulls to your taste.

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 21:43:01 -0500, "Shillelagh"
wrote:

I have done up some swatches from the White Buffalo I picked up on
Monday,
and have had varying results when felting/fulling them. This White
Buffalo
is 6 ply and VERY thick.

On the heather blue yarn, I cut it down to 3 plys (plies?) and knitted up
my
swatch.

On the white and the grey mix, I used 6 plys.

The heather blue fulled nicely, the other two, not so much. I'm going to
try the white and grey mix at 3 plys and see if that makes a difference.

I'm sure I read elsewhere on RCTY that white yarn does not full that well
due to the chemicals required to make it white.

Any thoughts?

Shelagh