Honey Yellow Ramie Fiber for Wet Felting, Needle Felting, and Spinning - 1 oz.

This is beautiful dyed ramie roving in Honey, a warm golden color. This listing is for 1 oz., which is the amount shown in the photographs. Larger amounts can be ordered upon request.

This natural plant fiber is soft yet very durable and has a beautiful sheen. Ramie works beautifully in wet felted garments where the fibers get worked into the felted wool to make unique organic patterns with a silky finish. Due to its strength and similarity in texture to medium/course hair, it works very nicely as hair for felted dolls. Because ramie fibers do not have the same qualities as wool, it will not felt on its own. it needs to be either blended with another fiber before felting; or if using on its own, work it into an easily felting fiber such as wool. This ramie roving can also be blended with other fibers for spinning.

For wet felting:
Lay pieces of the ramie fiber out over your base of wool before felting; then proceed to wet felt all the fibers together to allow the ramie to become attached into the wool.

For needle felting:
Use in small amounts over a base of felted wool or hand blend with wool fiber before felting. Combining the ramie with wool will allow the needle to grip both types of fiber and felt them together.