I’ve been just getting my wool already cleaned and carded and it’s so cheap that I’m too lazy to bother with the hard work!!! I’m already on my third box of 5 lbs from them since last fall! It’s such a pleasure to have a big tub of lovely wool to do whatever I want with! (Did I mention that I’m a fiber geek too? Just a busy/lazy one.)

There’s a very intriguing book I’d like to check out titled, “Magic Wool: Creative Activites with Natural Sheep’s Wool” by Dagmar Schmidt and Freya Jaffke.

Here’s the description I read on-line about this book:

Magic Wool unveils the secrets of captivating children with feltboard pictures “painted” with colored unspun fleece. There is nothing more magical to a child than to see a story spring to life as a parent or teacher “draws” it in wool during the telling. Because of the texture and nature of the fleece, these pictures invite the young child to enter the activity of the scene – it springs to life in their imagination. You’ll love it, too!

Also include are instructions for making figures from fleece to grace your nature table or for your young ones to play with.