Blog posts with tag: Wool

Felting tends to be something you try to avoid in yarn-based crafts. You want to keep the fibers of your processed fabric smooth, your stitches defined, and avoid any shrinkage. For certain projects, however, you might choose to deliberately felt your fabric to transform it into something special. In this blog post, we guide you through all the ins and outs of wool felting as a handicraft techniqu...

As a knitter or crocheter, you put a huge amount of time and effort into your handiwork. Some projects take days, weeks, and sometimes even months to make. But finally, the ends are woven in, and your masterpiece is ready to wear. Then disaster strikes! After just a short time, you discover the first pills. How disappointing. After all that work, you naturally want your garment or blanket to look ...

Choosing the right yarn can sometimes be tricky. There is so much choice today and the lists of fibers on yarn labels can often be bewildering. Some terms are a mouthful, and some fibers you will never have heard of or worked with before. Polyamide, mohair, elastane, the list goes on. So, what do all these terms mean? What effect would cashmere wool have on your project, for example? Learn all abo...

Have you ever been into a store in winter, picked up a fantastically soft cardigan from the rack, only to see the price tag and think, ‘That’s a whole HEAP of cash!’? Chances are, that super soft cardigan or sweater was made with mohair. But what if we told you that you could have your own version of this luxe garment? In your favorite colorway and with a much softer hit to your wallet. All you ne...

"How should you wash your woolen clothing?” This is a question we often get asked, so we thought we’d gather all our advice for washing woolen clothing in this post. Once you’ve read these top tips and tricks, (wool) laundry day will be child’s play!...

Drops Super Sale Wool Edition - You might better think of a reason to fill up your yarn stash because the whole month of May it's DROPS Super Sale! Enjoy a 35% discount on all beautiful wool yarns of DROPS! Curious to see which yarns are on discount? Continue reading!...