How To Make A Wool Rug From Raw Fleece

As far as i can tell there is no other info anywhere about felting an entire raw fleece.

How to make a wool rug from raw fleece.

I do have a question im new to weaving but i have a large peg loom. Many fine wools felt easily but i guessed this particular texel might survive a 40 degree centigrade wool cycle in the washing machine. I want to make a raw wool small rug about a 2 foot by 3 foot. This is a part of my yule goat costume project to see the finished costume or if you want to support my art go to this post.

You ll also want to review my top tips for making the perfect felted fleece rug. Learn how to make a fleece rug with these step by step instructions. I will have to order the raw wool and have no clue how much raw wool i will need do you know approximately how much raw wool i will need. Not only do i use the same frame to make four different sizes of felted fleece rugs it also doubles as my skirting table for picking through raw fleeces.

Much of it seemed too rough to spin for clothing so i ended up with a big pillowcase full of skirtings. Such a great tool. I will make my way to the fiber group you mentioned but may i ask a question here. Check out the video here.

Washing raw fleece to remove dirt lanolin and grease is a science in itself. The one part that puzzles me is how you were able to leave some shag on the wool.