>Could I throw in a question about "suitability"?? When you are using wool/fleece breed - the breed will usually dictate what the end use might be. You wouldn't use for example a Drysdale for a fine baby shawl........Drysdale is bred for the Carpet industry. Nor would you use a Polwarth or Merino for a carpet. Although if it was going to just hang about on a wall it probably wouldn't be terribly bad to be using something not suitable as such. I think it's about wearability more than anything.
>Is there somewhere a hard and fast standard about yarn in a skein and a >proposed use for it? >Wouldn't the ultimate test of suitability be the knitted or woven object? >And, inded, wouldn't that need to be proven by having that object used for a >while? I'm sure that most of us have either seen or felt.........the weavers handshake something that didn't feel that good to touch. Maybe even before knowledge worn something that tickled and itched until you wanted to throw it off. Cathy, who really has gotten spoil living in the city about what fleeces she can access now........from the South Island where the cold makes the fleece just that much better IMHO :-) To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
