{"product_id":"zart-combed-wool-tops-assorted-8-colours-400g-100-percent-natural-wool","title":"Zart Combed Wool Tops Assorted 8 Colours 400g 100 Percent Natural Wool","description":"\u003ch2\u003eEight colours at 50g each, which is a real amount of wool\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e400g total. 8 x 50g bundles. 100% natural wool. Brown, cream, black, red, orange, yellow, green and blue. $80.00.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e50g per colour is the number to look at.\u003c\/strong\u003e Most classroom felting packs give you 10 or 20g slivers, which is enough for one small demonstration and nothing else. 50g is enough for a group to make something with actual volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCombed tops, not carded batts.\u003c\/strong\u003e The fibres are aligned, which is what makes the wool easy to draft into an even length - the thing that decides whether hand-spinning works or frustrates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt does three techniques.\u003c\/strong\u003e Needle felting, wet felting and simple hand spinning, all from the same bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFour natural tones and four brights.\u003c\/strong\u003e Brown, cream and black do landscape, animal and country work; red, orange, yellow, green and blue do the accents.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColour blends in the fibre.\u003c\/strong\u003e Pull two colours together before felting and you get a blended tone rather than a stripe - a genuinely different way to teach colour mixing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat is not published\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eZart does not say what breed the wool is or give a micron count.\u003c\/strong\u003e Micron decides how soft the felt is against skin, which matters if the work is going to be worn. \u003cstrong\u003eWe have asked.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53793492894059,"sku":"EVCQZ541","price":80.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0963\/2795\/8891\/files\/CQZ541_OPT1_752c5d46-d4f1-4300-980d-e91565f73b7f.jpg?v=1788374711","url":"https:\/\/megaofficesupplies.com.au\/products\/zart-combed-wool-tops-assorted-8-colours-400g-100-percent-natural-wool","provider":"Mega Office Supplies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}