Lazy about felting

Is there a basic "rule of thumb" of shrinkage when felting? It is wasteful
for me to do a swatch & felt it as I have to have my DH hook up my "felting
washer" and unhook the "front loader". Consequently, I don't swatch felting
as the trouble I have to go through to felt at all.

Any help, sites, suggestions?

JJMolvik

On Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:36:36 -0800, "JJMolvik"
wrote:

Is there a basic "rule of thumb" of shrinkage when felting? It is wasteful
for me to do a swatch & felt it as I have to have my DH hook up my "felting
washer" and unhook the "front loader". Consequently, I don't swatch felting
as the trouble I have to go through to felt at all.

Any help, sites, suggestions?

JJMolvik


Unless 1. you already know how that yarn knitted at that gauge will
behave when fulled or 2. you're willing to take your chances, you'll
have to swatch and full your swatch. Every type of yarn behaves
differently - even different dyelots of the same color will behave
differently from each other.

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WoolyGooly wrote:
"JJMolvik" wrote:

Is there a basic "rule of thumb" of shrinkage when felting? It is wasteful
for me to do a swatch & felt it as I have to have my DH hook up my "felting
washer" and unhook the "front loader". Consequently, I don't swatch felting
as the trouble I have to go through to felt at all.

Any help, sites, suggestions?

Unless 1. you already know how that yarn knitted at that gauge will
behave when fulled or 2. you're willing to take your chances, you'll
have to swatch and full your swatch. Every type of yarn behaves
differently - even different dyelots of the same color will behave
differently from each other.

The good news is that you can felt a swatch without having to use the special
washer. Just sew the swatch into a pillowcase and wash it as usual. Then
unstitch where you sewed the pillowcase shut to retrieve the swatch.

=Tamar