Is wool the only fiber that will “wet” felt? Or do other available knitting fibers felt also?

A friend of mine is going on vacation to Peru & I want her to bring me some yarn back with her. I know they do a lot of felting in South America, but didn’t know if they used sheep wool, or if llama & alpaca fibers felt as well. I only do wet-felting. Thanks [...]

Natural Fiber Used for Carpet

Natural fibers used with carpet are produced eitherby insects, animals, or even plants.  The fibers that are produced by insects or animals are known asprotein fibers.  Those that are made by plants areknown as vegetable fibers.  Vegetable and proteinfibers share the common disadvantage that they areboth very absorbent and will have extended dryingtimes when wet [...]

Nels Wiberg of Babe’s Fiber Garden

Image taken on 2007-08-18 12:50:15 by moonrat42.