just won 7 skeins (40 yds each, 280 yds total) of discontinued lady handicraft tapestry yarn from listia.com. it’s the french green color. 100% virgin wool, 10-ply, worsted, 9 wraps/inch and mothproofed.
i found it on ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/heirloom-needlework-guild-inc-lady-handicraft-tapestry-yarn) and there were projects linked to it (http://www.ravelry.com/yarns/library/heirloom-needlework-guild-inc-lady-handicraft-tapestry-yarn/projects) but a few of the knitters mentioned it being scratchy.
so i’m wondering if it would be better for felting? that seems a bit beyond my skillset, tho i’d be willing to try it for a fun toque or mittens.
any thoughts?
Tapestry yarn is typically used for needlepoint or crewel embroidery. Though you can certainly knit with it. Perhaps knitting up a swatch and felting that will show you how it feels/looks after felting, as well as how much the yarn shrinks.
Felting is easy peasy, knit the piece bigger that you’d imagine, wash and agitate it in hot water, until it mats up as much as you want.
is that really it? knit bigger, then wash when you’re not supposed to? talk about demystifying the mystery… 
Yeppers! I felted my first knitted piece entirely by accident when I was in college. One adult Large 100 % wool sweater machine washed in warm water then dried in the dryer in 1986 fit my 10 year old stepson in 1994. LOL True story. :lol:
Try a little sample first if you have enough, then use your imagination–heavy felted mittens, a messenger bag, all but indestructible cell phone or tablet cover…if you’re signed up on Ravelry try “felting” or “felted” as search terms. You might have enough for felted clogs.
Felting is fun. You use bigger needles than you normally would, make things freakishly long (not so much wide, but long) and loosely stitched, them wash them until they squeeze down to the size you want and the fabric is so thick it’s about like armor plate. You can also felt by rubbing the fabric in your hands, but that takes forever. Throwing the piece in the laundry with an old pair of jeans seems to work best.
cracks me up you mentioned clogs… i was actually thinking that… clog house slippers… i have the wool now in that darker green, some burnt orange, charcoal grey, and beige… all ‘guy’ colors… will definitely be checking ravelry
