Everything Wool

I love Peace Fleece yarn. The colors are so rich and unique. Most Peace Fleece yarn shades are heathered or blended with other shades or other colors to achieve amazing depth of color. Spun with 30 percent mohair, this 70 percent wool yarn is great for sweaters, booties, wool diaper covers/soakers or felting. It is durable and gets softer with washing. It is very popular for making felted purses as well as for wool diaper covers.

One of the most common questions I hear about wool soakers is what type of wool yarn to use. What yarn you choose is partly dependent on what pattern you are using. Whether you prefer to knit or crochet, there are a lot of wool diaper cover and wool soaker patterns available on the internet. I’ll share some of my favorite paid and free wool soaker patterns in future posts. There are a lot of popular brands of wool yarn available. One of my favorites is Peace Fleece. It is durable, comes in beautiful rich colors and has a great story behind it. However, it is not as readily available as some others and is a bit more expensive than some of the more common brands.

Here are three common brands of wool yarn that you can find in many craft stores or online.

Lion Brand® Fishermen’s Wool Natural -100% Wool is a great workhorse wool yarn. It is inexpensive, durable and does not pill as easily as some softer wool. It is not as soft as merino, but is soft enough for making great wool soakers.

Patons Classic Merino Wool Yarn – 100% Wool Paton’s Merino Wool is soft, inexpensive and fun to work with. It comes in some really great colors as well as classic colors such as black, navy and natural. I like to play around with the natural color Paton’s Merino Wool because it dyes well. It is a good, inexpensive yarn for kids to learn to KoolAid dye with. Paton’s Merino Wool is very soft. It does pill some and it is not quite as durable as Fisherman’s Wool. While it is worsted weight, it is a bit finer than other worsteds so it has a finer gauge. I have used it for both crochet and knit soakers.

Patons Classic Merino Wool Yarn comes in a lot of great colors. I knit these longies with Paton’s Good Earth colorway. I also really like the look of their Denim Marl.