I made three felted fleece samples yesterday – from Hebridean, alpaca and merino roving.
hebridean fleece felt sample
alpaca fleece felt sample
merino fleece felt sample
The Hebridean fleece is quite hairy, just a little rough and yet soft as well, while the alpaca looks hairy but feels fluffy and silky. However, I think I did something wrong felting the alpaca, maybe rubbed it too hard too soon, it’s not very well felted after a lot of work, and doesn’t look anything like other alpaca felt I’ve seen on the web. More experiments obviously needed.
I think it would be interesting to dye the Hebridean fleece, could it give a rich deep colour with a hint of brightness wherever the white fibres take up the dye?
And the merino – I didn’t really need to make a sample of that, just an excuse to play with the colours!