Paton's Classic Merino -- any experience?

[bjsmamajoy]

I just picked up some gorgeous taupe Paton's Classic Merino wool to make a felted bag. I am so excited.

 

I plan to make a swatch and wash it, but the only instructions I can find on the Paton's website are for machine felting, and I don't want to put a smallish swatch in the machine. Any one have any experience hand washing to felt this yarn?

[Mary Jane]

I have had lots of experience felting with Patons Merino wool. It felts wonderfully. If you want it to felt a lot, (where the stitches are hidden) pour a pan of boiling water into the washing machine as it is filling up. It will felt a lot though that way. I love the look!

 

I have 3 felted items in my book, and I used the Patons wool on 2 of them.

 

Mary Jane Hall

Author of Positively Crochet

[losingmymind2]

I've used this to felt a lot and it felts beautifully.

[bjsmamajoy]

Thanks so much. I can hardly wait to felt my bag!

[JCB]

The Paton's Classic Wool is my favorite wool to felt with. In my experience, it will shrink approximately 1/3 widthwise, less lengthwise.

 

If you are swatching to see how much it will felt, you should use the same method that you would use when felting the completed article. However, I have found that felting very small things (i.e. flowers... or swatches) the yarn shrinks more proportionately that the larger object.

 

Have fun with it!

 

Joan

[jpr54_]

I use Paton's also and have no problems

[Selune]

Check out the free felted pattern on Annie's today (8/28). It's specific to Paton's.

[Sockmad]

I've felted with Paton's as well,it does felt well in a regular washing machine. We now have a front loader without agitators anyone know if there are safe agitators to throw into a front loader to felt?

[bjsmamajoy]

I am so pleased with my bag! Thanks for all the suggestions and help. I will use this yarn again to felt. My husband has three projects already in mind!

[canadianneedles]

Not sure if anyone is still interested in this topic, but I had some Patons Merino to give a test run. The washer is a frontloader so I didn't think that would be enough for my sample.

 

Felting is hot water plus mechanical manipulation equals felting, so I figured I'd boil water and put in in my big stand mixer with the flat paddle.

 

I had to keep watch on it so that the fibres wouldn't tie up around the paddle, but in about 10 minutes I had a very beautifully felted gauge piece. Now I just have to make the real thing and see if the mixer can cope with a single felted slipper at a time.

[sherryzzz]

I know other people in this forum have tested out the front loading washers - you might want to do a search and see what they had to say about their experiences.

[johnstowngirl]

I just got a front loader as well, so I've used tennis shoes and tennis balls as agitators for my felting. They don't do quite as well as a regular washing machine, but putting the piece through several cycles seems to work. As a note, though, my mom and I have the same exact washing machine. When I felted at my house with tennis shoes and such, I've had no problems. When I did the same in her machine, she had a small amount of leaking out the front of the door. I can't find anything from the manufacturer on felting or agitating, so I'm going with it!

 

I've felted with Paton's as well,it does felt well in a regular washing machine. We now have a front loader without agitators anyone know if there are safe agitators to throw into a front loader to felt?

[purlwise]

Felting is hot water plus mechanical manipulation equals felting, so I figured I'd boil water and put in in my big stand mixer with the flat paddle.

 

I had to keep watch on it so that the fibres wouldn't tie up around the paddle, but in about 10 minutes I had a very beautifully felted gauge piece. Now I just have to make the real thing and see if the mixer can cope with a single felted slipper at a time.

 

LOL, that's hysterical! Felting with the mixer! What a great idea!

[YarnThing]

I have used this yarn a lot and I think it is great! The color selection is not the best but the quality of the felting is great!