Comments on: Shepherd’s Wool + Andean-Style Cap Kit Contest/Giveaway

By: Natalie

Natalie — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:07:32 +0000

I’d have to say that I love knitting with wool, because it just feels so natural. I love to touch and smell the wool and it let it tell me what it wants to be.. although sometimes the wool and I have conflicting opinions.. I’d like to think I am right, but usually the wool does really know what it should be. I am amazed at how wool can be different textures and colors yet still be calling my name over and over again.. Can you tell I am addicted?

By: Bonnie Whitmore

Bonnie Whitmore — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:02:55 +0000

Hanging out in a yarn shop is like being in a big warm envelope. When I buy wool, I sample it first – it’s feel on my cheek and in my hands, the mild animal smell of it. Yes….I always smell my wools! I love wool yarns the best because they seem to pick up the most beautiful and richest depths of color. There’s no other like them .When I knit and then machine felt what I’ve made, it goes from being simply pretty to absolutely exquisite. It’s not my technique that does this because I’m an advanced beginner only. It’s the wool that makes the prize

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:51:55 +0000

I love knitting with wool because it feels so nice when I am knitting it and it looks so much better on the finished project. I also like the way it keeps me warm!

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:51:57 +0000

Wool is a wonderful, natural, sustainable resource with an amazing heritage for knitters. I love knitting with wool for all these reasons, but also because knitting with it makes me feel connected with generations of fiber artists who have worked with wool straight from sheering a sheep, spinning and dying the wool to producing a lovingly hand knit garmet to keep a loved one warm.

By: Carli Girl

Carli Girl — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:38:40 +0000

I love knitting with wool because it links us to past generations. Knitting is such an old art and when I think that people have been knitting with the same materials for hundreds of years making beautiful and lasting items it makes me feel a part of something bigger than myself.

Once you knit wool…you will never go back to “plastic”!

By: Heather Thompson

Heather Thompson — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:23:40 +0000

I love WOOL! OMG ! Its so versatile. You can have socks and sweaters hats and scarves to keep you perfectly warm and yummy. Then, you can dye it readily, I am just learning about dye and LOVING IT!

Felting… ok, if I felt a finished object and its wrong I can cut up the item and reuse it in other projects. Don’t forget NEEDLE FELTING! Great for embellishments or if you love stabbing sharp needles into things it has to rock your world. I can handle embellishing, I don’t like needles much meself. If my finished object that wasn’t intended to felt gets felted I can make stuff from that as well.

Then of course there are the sheep. Sheep have wierd eyes but they are relatively friendly critters. They have no problem getting rid of their heavy wool winter coats in the spring so they can enjoy the summer. I have been helping with a shearing the last 2 springs and I have to say my hands are softer for weeks afterwords. Maybe only days. These same emmollients are still there in many wool products. They make wool water resistent and warm.

My favorite wool is Merino, because it felts so wonderfully, but I love the wool that my friend harvests for its lack of felting. It fluffs but it doesn’t really felt. Its all in the crimp!!!!

I could continue for hours about the joys of wool. Suffice to say it is a most versatile natural, renewable fiber and has been used for centuries.
Whats not to love?

By: Diane W

Diane W — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 02:06:06 +0000

Wool has become my favorite fiber. My current knitting has been using several different brands of wool. Today I had the opportunity to add Shepherd’s Wool to my stash….yummy…. almost good enough to eat. Can’t wait to get my project started.

By: Denise C.

Denise C. — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:28:14 +0000

When I was a little girl my mother would occasionally by me a WOOL sweater to wear to school. They were so scratchy against my skin and when I got too warm, my skin would feel prickly. I hated WOOL sweaters! So, when I took my beginning knitting class back in Jan. 07, and was told we’d be knitting a hat in WOOL, I thought, “no way!” I was directed to where the bins of WOOL were located and I was amazed at the color choices, the soft feel of the yarn next to my skin. I could hardly wait for my first class! It was there, at my beginning knitting class, I feel in love with WOOL! It felt so incredibly soft gliding through my fingers on my first pair of knitting needles! I learned that WOOL is a natural fiber, has wonderful memory, fabulous stitch definition, and is easily dyed, so the color choices are endless! One amazing trick I recently learned is that WOOL yarn can be “split plied”. How cool is that? WOOL has definitely become my yarn of choice for many, many reasons.

By: Nancy W

Nancy W — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:45:58 +0000

Wool is the bomb! Where should I start…? If it’s well-spun wool, it is springy, like ridin’ a cadillac down a bumpy road. Wool has memory and goes back to its original shape. Wool reminisces, like remembering how a well-knit sweater keeps you snuggly and warm while snowflakes swirl around. Wool helps me to recall my grandmother’s arms around me teaching me how to form my first knits and purls. For me wool has a past and it has a future! What shall I knit next? Now that’s a good question. What fiber shall I use? WOOL!

By: Debby

Debby — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:11:11 +0000

There is just nothing like the feel of knitting with wool. It is comfortable to knit, soft to the touch, and is very forgiving. And of course the colors are wonderful. I just love how it works up every time I knit with it. (Lately, I’d say about 90% of my knitting has been with wool.)