Pattons SWS for booga bag?

vaknitter · 03-05-2007, 11:54 AM

I have been asked to make a booga bag for a friend and she would like it striped/varigated...I am not a big fan of Noro Kuryon so would Pattons SWS make a nice striping pattern and felt up well? I have only ever felted with handspun and handpainted yarns that I buy locally...but they do not stripe reliably.

thank you

brendajos · 03-05-2007, 04:57 PM

It's not going to felt great but it could look cool with some texture. The content is 70% Wool - 30% Soy. That 30% is not really going to felt. I think the general rule of thumb is that it should be at least 85% wool in order to felt fairly evenly.

That being said... someone will have successfully done it and prove me completely wrong

HamaLee · 03-05-2007, 05:00 PM

Every Michael's I've been to that sells SWS has a knitted swatch and a felted swatch of it hanging. So it seems that it does felt. The swatches still show the stitches--but I think that's lazy felting on the store's part rather than the yarn. Because even felted swatches of 100% wool they have hanging up show stitches, and I've felted enough to know that you can get those stitches to pretty much vanish.

I think I'm going to make entrelac pillows with my SWS

and I've seem some swatches with really nice striping. Good luck!

kellyh57 · 03-05-2007, 05:19 PM

I did it. It felted up nicely. I don't think you can see any of the stitches in it, but the bottom may not be perfectly felted. It's pretty fuzzy though. I think all wools are like that though. My Cascade did the same thing.

Kelly

Ronda · 03-05-2007, 05:27 PM

I'm glad you asked this question. I wondered the same thing. I thought about doing a Lucy bag in SWS.

vaknitter · 03-05-2007, 05:28 PM

WOW - I just walked by the SWS, saw the swatch and didn't look at the fiber content...just thought they had some nice colorways. Luckily I didn't buy it yet so if there is something else moderately priced that you would recommend..

divagirl · 03-05-2007, 05:31 PM

Patons classic wool in the rosewood color is really pretty. It's not stripey like the SWS, but it kind of looks like glazed pottery when it's felted.

Jax3303 · 03-05-2007, 06:10 PM

I love SWS. It felts really well (same as WOTA, Patons classic merino & cascade220, felts better than kureyon) and it felts really FAST.

brendajos · 03-05-2007, 06:15 PM

seeee i tol'ja people would prove me wrong!...lol

Michele · 03-05-2007, 07:06 PM

I have made 2 booga bags with SWS. It felts really fast and sturdy. It is a little hard to knit with because it is unspun.