If you enjoy felting projects then you might be interested in this felting yarn from Rico Design. It’s called Creative Filz and Fun Magic and what is different about it, is the variegated colour changes that create an sort of fair-isle effect. After felting it forms a sturdy fabric that is perfect for bags, hats and slippers.

This yarn is normally priced at £2.50 a ball, but we’ve currently got it on special offer at just £1.99 a ball.

This week I had an email from a customer with photos of a lovely little bag she’d knitted with Rico Creative Poems Aran and then felted in the washing machine.  I thought you might like to see it.  The pattern is the Entrelac Envelope Bag by Anne Carroll Gilmour, which you can buy to download on Ravelry.

Before felting:

and after felting:

Some customers have been asking us about wool that is suitable for felting, so I thought I would mention the felting wool we are now stocking.  This wool is from Rico Design and is called Creative Filz.  It’s a chunky yarn made from 100% merino wool which is knitted using 8mm needles.  It comes in some really gorgeous colours (like many of the Rico yarns).

Rico Creative Filz

What is felting?

Felting is the process when the fibres in wool become so tangled and matted that they form a sort of fabric: felt.  Wool will felt when you apply heat and agitation.  So if you knit something in this wool and then put it in the washing machine, the hot water, detergent and the agitation caused by the washing machine tossing the item around, will cause the item to shrink and felt.