tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post5353252305566506264..comments2024-03-29T11:38:51.363+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-22940005622748928842007-06-01T14:41:00.000+01:002007-06-01T14:41:00.000+01:00Gee - I just searched for toy stuffing in the UK t...Gee - I just searched for toy stuffing in the UK there are loads of hits.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18264849936606540374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-69132850425178970992007-06-01T12:04:00.000+01:002007-06-01T12:04:00.000+01:00Wool roving spinners use is usually already proces...Wool roving spinners use is usually already processed and clean (at least, on this side of the Pond). Fleece, on the other hand, is what is hanging about after being sheared from the sheep and requires scouring and processing to remove the VM. I meant to use the already clean roving for the stuffing or wool batts, which have been nicely cleaned and then ran through a carding machine to make them into nice flat batts, like the ones you see used to line quilts. You can use handsful of the batts to stuff just as you would polyester. Maybe that's an American English and British English language usage difference there. The wool batts/stuffing here that I'm used to are slightly more dense than the polyester but do feel more natural somehow. And I do like the feel and smell of my already-processed Blue Faced Leicester roving. I really didn't mean to confuse you with that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-47808877348286062112007-06-01T09:25:00.000+01:002007-06-01T09:25:00.000+01:00I like to use roving as a stuffing for my knitted ...I like to use roving as a stuffing for my knitted cushion covers - the yarn is 100% wool so a wool stuffing just seems that much more authentic - and I like the smell and the feel of roving.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-73937493311582583872007-06-01T08:32:00.000+01:002007-06-01T08:32:00.000+01:00Jean, roving wouold certainly work but it might ma...Jean, roving wouold certainly work but it might make the toy very heavy-perhaps too unfamiliar for your Strathardle judges!<BR/> The makers of Waldorf dolls stuff them with roving, I think. The dolls then feel warm and comfortingly dense to the touch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com