
Hickory - Wool Batting
This listing is for 1 oz. of beautiful domestically prepared wool batts. I have carefully chosen this wool for its consistent textural quality and gorgeous nuanced coloring. Meet Hickory, a dark, chocolatey brown with subtle hints of orange throughout. This is 100% virgin wool. It is very fluffy and soft to the touch, and has a wonderful textural quality with little nubs throughout. I love this wool for needle felting because it felts very quickly and because the subtle color variations add such a lovely richness and depth to the finished pieces. This wool will also spin into a lovely textured yarn.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wondering about the difference between batts and roving? Here is a brief breakdown of these two types of wool with emphasis on their uses for needle felting:Batts (or batting, or fleece) and roving have both been pulled through carding machines which comb and align the fibers to some degree. But with batting, the wool comes off