> Does any one know how best to use it and about it's quality and value?
As a Needle Felter, I LOVE it! In the (too) few outlets or suppliers that carry it, it is rarely given its breed name. One of my 'missions' is to educate needle felters to request the breed name of the fiber they're purchasing, as well as to have suppliers provide this information. What works in traditional wet-felting and fulling processes doesn't equate to needle felting. That has its plusses and minuses. Down breeds and other similar fibers have been said to be poor felters; while I cannot ascertain this as I don't wet felt, I do know that they usually needle wonderfully. They have inherent springiness that practically invites a needle to bind them together. This can be a plus for an item that will somewhere between the softness of seasonal pieces (that will be on display for short holiday periods and then disposed of or returned to storage) and extremely hard/firmly needle work that will last forever (unless it falls into the campfire or you pet gets hold of it). A plus and a minus will be that while it needles together very firmly, it's difficult to go rock hardit will retain some elasticity and bendiness to the flat or sculptural piece. Please - if you sell your fiber to Dry/Needle Felters, tell them what sheep breed you have. That one bit of information goes a long way to continuing sales, when NFers find a breed they like or don't like, they're going to want to find more of it ... or avoid it! Romney is my favorite for rock-hard needling, down through less firmly worked pieces. Easy success for novices and those with experience! 3.5" long Grizzly Bear [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/tiff which had a name of pastedGraphic.tiff] Bobbie R To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
