Wool Plans

 

One of the places we checked out in Portland was the Pendleton Wool Mill store.They had a very nice traditional Pendleton design painted on the outside, very eye-catching.

We were stopped in our tracks by this enormous and gorgeous wool quilt .

I found some great wool in the header bin, about two yards worth for $9.

Buy 1 get 1 Worm Free!! I think these are the edge trimmings, basically the wool schnibbles.

The worms bins were fascinating, and they had examples of rag rugs made out of them. It made me very sneezy there was a lot of fiber floating around in the air.

I knew I wanted wool to make a messenger bag style purse from a Charlie’s Aunt t pattern I bought last year. I snapped a picture of the back of this pattern (I think it’s close) to get the yardage requirements.

Here’s the purple and green wool I found in the headers bin. My plan is to machine wash it (on purpose) to felt it so it’ll be sturdier. But I have to read the actual pattern first. I may use the stitching and color changes in the design of the purse.